An Insight into the Toxicological and Medicinal Properties of Lantana Camara Plant
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چکیده
• Plants are integral parts of nature and constitute the major portion of animals’ ration in the form of green and dry fodders. • Some plants are very obnoxious and produce toxicity amongst livestock. Lantana is one of them. • There are about 40 species of the genus Lantana. The important species include L. camara, L. indica, L. crenulata and L. trifolia. • Amongst various species L. camara variety aculeata ( red flower variety ) has been responsible for livestock poisoning in Himachal Pradesh. • This plant was brought to India in the early part of nineteenth century as an ornamental plant. • The first report of lantana poisoning was from Townsville (Australia) in 1910. • In India, field cases of lantana poisoning have been reported from Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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