Lantana originates from the tropical regions of the Americas and is widespread across tropical areas on almost all continents. In addition to being used as an ornamental plant and a hedge plant, it is also utilized by the community as a medicinal plant and a natural insecticide.

It is generally found in many places, from lowlands to highlands, up to an altitude of 1,700 meters above sea level (m.a.s.l.), in open areas exposed to sunlight.

• Root: Taproot, round, yellowish-brown, with root hairs growing from the main root.

• Stem: Shrubby, woody, erect, branched, and thorny.

• Leaves: Opposite arrangement, green color, oval-shaped (ovate), the upper surface has many hairs and the lower surface has sparse hairs. The leaf margins are serrated and coarsely hairy, 5–8 cm long and 3–5 cm wide.

• Flower: Clustered, arranged in dense spikes in the leaf axils. The colors vary: white, yellow, red, pink, orange.

• Fruit: Clustered at the tip of the stalk, small, round, green when unripe, and bluish-black and shiny when ripe.

• Propagation: Generatively (seeds) and vegetatively (stem cuttings).

• Fever reducer (antipyretic), antidote (antitoxic), pain reliever (analgesic), treats tuberculosis (TBC), stops bleeding (hemostatic), rheumatism, swelling, bruising, gonorrhea (purulent urination), mumps (parotitis), skin diseases related to emotional disorders (neurodermatitis), dermatitis, eczema, ringworm (tinea), boils, bleeding wounds, scalds, insect bites, stomach ache, and leucorrhea (vaginal discharge).

• Root: Verbascose, ajugose, lantanose, α, β, theveside, theveiridoside, shanzhiside methyl ester, and lantanolic acid.

• Leaves: Euphene, triterpene, lactone, lantadene A, B, oleanolic acid, betulic acid, and lantabetulic acid.

• Flower: Volatile oils (sesquiterpene curcumene, safrole), α-terpinene, gama-terpinene, α-Pinene, β-Pinene, and p-cymene.