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Lantana camara L.

Common names: Lantana, tick berry, Spanish flag

Lantana camara is a thorny shrub upright, half climbing or sometimes more or less hanging, reaching 2-3 m in height. The stems and branches are angular, bearing curved spines, arranged along the edges. The leaves are simple, opposite, decussate with rough lamina, oval, regularly dentate with acute apex. The inflorescence is a hemispherical head, axillary or terminal, yellow, pink or orange colored, made up of many small tubular flowers. The fruits are small drupes fleshy, about 3 mm in diameter, varying in color from blue to black.

References
1. https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32676
2. https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/weeds/key/weeds/Media/Html/Lantana_camara_(Lantana).htm