Lantana involucrata L.

  • Filed As

    Verbenaceae
    Lantana involucrata L.

  • Collector(s)

    L. R. Richey 99-479, 14 Jun 1999

  • Location

    Bahamas. Cat Island. Along the Old Farm road that runs between Old Bight (by Highschool) and Greenwood.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02591293

    Occurrence ID: bbc07afe-6d85-4030-9928-d11af57edb72

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Lamiales

  • Family

    Verbenaceae

  • All Determinations

    Lantana involucrata L.

  • Region

    West Indies

  • Country

    Bahamas

  • State/Province

    Cat Island

  • Locality

    Along the Old Farm road that runs between Old Bight (by Highschool) and Greenwood.

  • Coordinates

    24.2056, -75.3453

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BOTANICAL
The Flora and Ethnobotany of Cat Island, Bahamas
Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Lantana involucrala	Au: L.
Verbenaceae
Sweet Sage
Shrub with white flowers, the center of which is yellow.
Species
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Description
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Collector(s)
Collection No
Found along the Old Farm road that runs between Old Bight (by
Highschool) and Greenwood. Disturbed roadside scrubby low dry
evergreen forest/coppice.
24°12’ 34” N	Longitude 75°20’ 72” W
The shrub is boiled and the resulting decoction is bathed in and drunk, to
treat chicken pox, measles, and skin rashes/itches. Also drunk for pain
(stomach, back and menstrual) or gargled for a sore throat. Large amounts
drunk to "cascascade" for colds.
Laurel R. Richey
99.479 Duplicates 5 Date June 14, 1999
Plants Dried Using a Kerosene Heater
Vouchers for Laurel Richey's PhD Dissertation
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