Accession Data

Lawsonia inermis

Common Name: Henna

Family: Lythraceae

Country of Origin: Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

Uses: Used as a dye.

Medicinal: Bark used as an astringent, contains a powerful bactericide, and shows effects on the uterus.5

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession #: 198900052

Accession Date: 1989-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1115

Quantity: 3

Source: Hurov's (seed)

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: rosids

Order: Myrtales

Family: Lythraceae

SubFamily: Lythroideae

Tribe: Nesaeeae

SubTribe: Lagerstroemiinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
  2. Lawsonia inermis at Wikispecies. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
  3. Lawsonia inermis at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
  4. Henna at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.
  5. Oliver-Bever, B. (1986) Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa:
  6. Image #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by AKS.9955 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.
  7. Image #02 by Dinesh Valke from Thane, India (Lawsonia inermis) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.

Images

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