Lamiaceae (incl. Verbenaceae) Fortnight: Verbenaceae Lanatana indica from Delhi--GSMAY152/155

[Gurcharan Singh]

Lantana indica Roxb., Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:89. 1832

syn: L. alba auct. (non Mill.); L. collina Decne.

Erect shrub with crenate-serrate rugose leaves and white flowers with yellow tube.

local name: Ghaneri

Photographed from Ridge in Delhi

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[Ushadi Micromini]

why indica

what's the history?

was it always in india

thereis even a gujarati name for it...Maravo

crushed leaves and flowers smell like (vaguely) of small green mangoes when they are still not totally sour, when they are still astringent.  Trekking in suarashtra my dad had  shown that to us

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[J.M. Garg]

I think this is Lantana camara subsp. aculeata and not Lantana indica as per keys at eFlora of Pakistan

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[J.M. Garg]

Appears similar to white coloured form as at Lucid Central.

[J.M. Garg]

You can see the bracts in the last image though not clear in the posted low resolution image.

[Gurcharan Singh]

I think you are right Garg ji, here is enlarged portion of third image, from original image

But not aculeata at all, may be white flowered cultivar.

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[J.M. Garg]

Was it not wild ?

[Gurcharan Singh]

Not sure, Ridge is a protected area, several cultivated shrubs and tree, many wild.

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