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Lantana: The silent cattle killer weed

The invasive lantana weed that has encroached in parts of the forest. PHOTO: JECKONIA OTIENO

It is grown as a hedge plant on live fences or interfaced within range lands to be browsed by ruminants. But many farmers don’t know that lantana camara is a poisonous weed that can kill both man and cattle.

Lantana Camara, or lantana as it is commonly referred to, is a highly invasive shrub thought to have been brought into Africa from Europe.

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