[[File:lantana.jpg|thumb|350px|left|]]Lantana is a shrub like plant that may grow anything up to 45 centimetres high. It has opposite; round leaves and flowers borne in flat-topped clusters. The flower colour (which varies in different areas) may be white, yellow, orange, pink, or red. It has a dark blue or black berry like fruit. It belongs to the Verbena family.It is now considered an invasive species as it out competes many other plants where it was once introduced as a garden specimen.Other Names: Lantana Camara, Big-Sage (Malaysia), Wild-Sage, Red-Sage, White-Sage (Caribbean), Tickberry (South Africa).
==Special Precautions of Lantana==
* Lantana contains ketones that can be toxic used for long periods of time, so it is best used as a short term medicinal.
* Best avoided during pregnancy due to large ketone percentage.
* avoid Use well diluted. May cause dermatitis in some individuals.* Avoid use on sensitive skin* It is said to be fatal to cattle.
==The benefits of Lantana are==
This oil is quite rare. It is known to be anti-catarrh, antiviral, antitumor, cicatrizant, emmenagogue, mucolytic.