These belong mostly to the Lantana camara complex. Reproductive biology Flowers are yellow, later turning orange then red and remain on the axillary inflorescence for three days. The flowers, when yellow, produce nectar and are pollinated by butterflies. The species is an obligate outcrosser. It is unclear whether apomixis occur.
Fruits mature rapidly and change colour from dark green to black.
A number of bird species and sometimes sheep and goats disperse the seeds. Flowering and fruiting throughout the year with a peak during the first two months of the rainy season. Heavy fruit production produced yearly. The alkaloid rich leaves are virtually immune to herbivory. It can spread vegetatively.