Observation of Lantana camara Plant. !!

Finally I found after so long I was looking for the benefits of this plant, which is as a means of insect repellent, or in other words the aroma of this plant is very unpopular by insects, especially used to control the honey bees.

Finally in 2017 precisely in November I had the opportunity to visit the Plant Conservation Objects in West Java, precisely in the city of Bogor, where the first place I visited is a complex of medicinal plants collection of the Botanical Gardens, of course, directed by a guide that has been available there, then it is not difficult to get to where I go, the Medicinal Plant Collections, I am faced with so many collection of plants inside, happy but a little bit confused where to start, finally with only a hand phone camera, I started to explore the park Medicinal plants, one by one I took the picture, to fulfill the heart's desire .. so terkumpulah hundreds of photo collection of medicinal plants ...

Well that's a little prefix from me before I continue the review of this medicinal plant, of course, the limited information I get plus a little from personal experience.

This time I will continue the information about the plant that has latin name Lantana Camara this:
Stem: from my simple observation of this plant, this plant is a woody plant, can grow upright up to 3 meters or more, has branches that grow parallel to the opposite on both sides of the tree trunk.
Leaves: This plant has a single-leafed leaves, growing interrupted between the axillary stems of the stem, the shape of oval leaves with a rough cross-section and clearly visible leaf veins, at the edges have a small jagged shape and neat and then tapered at the end of the leaf.
Flowers and fruits: for the flowers, this plant has a compound type of flower, consisting of flowers in the form of small chimneys, with a combination of red yellow and purple, after the bumga was successfully fertilized by insects, then bungpun soon turned into fruit, fruit itself following a flower that is compound and consists of small, soft fleshy grains that wrap around the seeds.

Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Lantana
Species: L. Camara

This plant has a regional name:
Lempuyak: Bali
Wileran. : Java
Tahi kotok: Java
Tahi ayam. : Java
Sente. : Sunda
Sirieh rieh: aceh

Benefits of herbs:

Antipretic: fever-lowering
Antitoxic: antidote
Analgesics: pain relievers
Hemostatics: bleeding stop
Antipruritus: anti itch

Lantana Camara root and leaf is used for:
Overcoming the problem of blood cleansing during menstruation and whitish problems, root decoction or leaves 5 to 10 grams or sufficiently and drink 1 cup a day.

For rheumatic drugs: use lantana camara leaves added ginger then crushed or crushed to boreh or dilulurkan on the sore.
Medication Itching: crushed lantana camara leaves to taste then apply on the itchy part
As well as many more benefits of this plant but not yet confirmed.
So little info I can give, I am not a medicinal agent or a plant, my writing is only Based on my love of the plant, thank you.