Talk:Lantana

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Please cite source that claims the Swamp Wallaby eats Lantana without becoming ill or dying.

I find no official source of evidence that Swamp Wallabies can eat Lantana safely. A few web sites say the Swamp Wallabies live in the shelter provided by the Lantana, but their leaves are toxic, and "The Complete Guide to the Care of Macropods" By Lynda Staker says Lantana is "toxic to all animals" and that red kangaroos who ate lantana died of photosensitivity and liver damage. Staker references an article that appeared in the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine "Hepatotoxicity and Secondary Photosensitization in a Red Kangaroo (Megaleia rufus) Due to Ingestion of Lantana camara" by Johnson & Jensen. :Please cite reputable source. :Thanks. 18 Feb 2015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.2.21.18 (talk) 03:27, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

How do I get rid of this horrible plant?

Grub it out if you don't have too much. Dig out all the surface roots and burn them. If you have acres of it, push it over with a tractor and poison the new growth. Your local council can tell you the best poison for your area, but you need to spray when it is growing strongly. Rumiton (talk) 13:44, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

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Where to start...

• Archived page (uniquely).
• Researched a bit, creating page Lantana/resources.
• Got tired.
• Gave up for the night.

That was fun... VigilancePrime (talk) 10:36, 17 February 2008 (UTC) :-)

Alleopathy

Is Lantana allelopathic? I recall that when we had a few bushes of it in our yard in San Diego, California that no grass grew underneath it; the dirt was quite clean and bare. If so, a link to the allelopathy article would be in order. – Wdfarmer (talk) 18:42, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't think it is, though the dropped leaves are very acidic, rather like pine needles. Rumiton (talk) 13:53, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Photo caption

Sixth photo in Gallery: "A moth drinks from an umbel of a lantana plant." I believe the creature is misidentified. It doesn't look like a moth. It looks like a skipper. Cognita (talk) 04:43, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

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I am relatively new to gardening. In mid summer, one of my lantana plants developed a bunch of green berry pods. I know lantanas get some pods, but it seems like the berries are replacing all the flowers. Should I prune the berries? Is there anything I can do to make the flowers come back? From my own observations they flower in cycles every few weeks; just let them grow. Shir-El too 15:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC) Now that I've linked to "Lantana (movie)" here, a disambiguation page might be more appropriate. But I don't know how to do those (at time of writing, this also includes moving "Lantana" to "Lantana (plant)"), so if someone has the time, could they have a go at making a disambiguation page? Someone42 12:45, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC) Since the plant has been around much longer than the moive, I think that the plant should be left here at lantana, I'll make a disambig page for alternate uses --nixie 23:09, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC) I have several Lantana plants that are over ten (10) feet tall in my back yard. I wonder what the record is for height??? These were from old South Alabama plants. I have been growing them this tall and taller for several years in my back yard near the deck.I have never seen any this large or tall. Suggest you use Google to track it down. Shir-El too 15:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC) In India there are areas in the states of Uttaranchal and Himachal Pradesh where Lantana Plants are being used for making furniture in an effort to make use of this 'invasive weed' the website of one of these organisations http://www.hescoindia.com/lantena.html My dog eats lantana... Last summer, I grew three different colors of Lantana in my flower garden. We could not keep the dogs out of it. They at the flowers and the berries. Are they not poisinous to dogs? Can any one answer this for me??? oakmoon54@yahoo.com The green berries are poisinous until they ripen and turn blue-black; the plant does have medicinal uses, though I haven't tracked them down yet. Your dogs may need de-worming or a dietary supplement they aren't getting from their food; check with your vet. Shir-El too 15:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC) Lantana is considered a noxious weed in Australia (thus the movie title, although I won't try to explain that here because I can't) But generally, in Australia, Lantana is "bad". Yes, it grows into HUGE thickets of skin-ripping thorny stuff. I think it's poisonous to cattle too. Once you've got a giant patch of Lantana "down the bottom paddock" then the cute little flowers ain't so cute! Poisonous ? As a kid I used to eat the lantana berries all the time (after they turned black). They are quite insubstantial, but sweet. As far as I know, the native people in India (Adivasi) do not consider this fruit to be poisonous. Can the person who said they are poisonous cross check his source please? Again: the green berries are poisinous until they ripen and turn blue-black; the plant does have medicinal uses, though I haven't tracked them down yet. Google it! Shir-El too 15:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC) Pjp wiki 10:04, 12 September 2006 (UTC) i am also agree with that lantana is not poisonous i can say this because i eat this many time in my childhood in Ujjain. How poisinous are the berries? I just had a few berries and I wondered if they were poisinous or not. So I looked it up on here and it says they're "posinous". But does that mean they're stomach churning, throwing-up, or being hospitalized. Or is it none of these and edible. Could someone please answer please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.157.42.74 (talk) 22:14, 5 January 2007 (UTC). Again: the green berries are poisinous until they ripen and turn blue-black; the plant does have medicinal uses, though I haven't tracked them down yet. Google it. Shir-El too 15:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC) What symptons does Lantana cause? I have eaten some of the berries and would like to know what are the symptons when one eats Lantana berries. Please answer my question as soon as possible. 123456 11:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Third time: the green berries are poisinous until they ripen and turn blue-black; the plant does have medicinal uses, though I haven't tracked them down yet. Google it. Shir-El too 15:35, 1 October 2007 (UTC) The Lantana plant is destroying plainsland in Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka Nature, April 2001) dead heading lantana? Should one dead head lantana? Does removing the berries cause more flowers to come? Thank you! my dog eats lantana my dog, also, eats lantana, but not the berries, she eats the flowers. i figure if it doesn't kill the birds, bees or butterflies then she should be fine.Branchl5 01:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC) branchl5

Redirection

Why does ham and eggs redirect here? 134.91.141.39 (talk) 10:53, 24 November 2008 (UTC)

Lantana indica Roxb.

Lantana indica Roxb. is a native plant found in mid-altitudes (800 - 1500 metres ASL) of India. The bracts are larger and conspicuous covering 3/4th of the fruit. The leaves are less-scrabrous when compared to Lantana camara. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sam nmk (talk • contribs) 07:51, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

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