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Appetizer, Arthritis, Bleeding, Boil, Bruises, Burn, Cancer,

Chicken Pox, Cold, Constipation, Cough, Cuts and Wounds,
Dandruff, Diarrhea, Dysentery, Fever, Fistula, Headache, High

Blood Pressure, Insect Repellent, Jaundice, Injury, Malaria,
Pain, Piles, Rheumatism, Ringworm, Skin Disease,

Stomachache, Snakebite, Swelling, Tetanus, Tongue Ulcer,
*
Tuberculosis, Vomiting, Wound
#
Flower Itching
*
Arthritis, Bleeding Gum, Headache, Hepatitis, Toothache
*
Fruit Bleeding Gum, Giddiness
*
Seed Antidote against Poisoning
Whole plant Boil, Bronchitis, Cold, Cough, Cuts & Wounds, Dysentery,

Fever, Jaundice, Joint Pain, Malaria, Rheumatism, Swelling,
*
Tetanus
* Jain and Jain, 2016
# Jain, 1991

Ecological and Economic potential

Ecological and economic benefits associated with any plant species make it a potential
candidate for cultivation and further utilization. Lantana is one of the plant species having

many such benefits. These are being discussed in brief as following:

Biofuel
As Lantana contains 61.1% (w/w) holocellulose, it could be used as a cheap feedstock for

bioethanol production. Dry stem wood pieces of Lantana have shown to produce bioethanol
after hydrolysis and fermentation by thermotolerant yeast (Pasha et al., 2007). Kuhad et al.

(2010) have shown synthesis of bioethanol from Lantana after fermentation with yeast and
Pichia stipitis.

Green Nanoparticles

Nowadays, nanoparticles are focus of research around the globe having wide applicability
in fields of energy, environment, medicine etc. In this regard, green synthesis of nanoparticles

is an ecofriendly approach better than other physical and chemical methods. Various parts of

Lantana have been utilized to synthesize nanoparticles by scientists’ world over
(Thirumurugan et al., 2011; Sivakumar et al., 2012; Ajitha et al., 2015).

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