Common name: Henna
Family: Lythraceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia
Description:
Uses: Used as a dye.
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Medicinal: Bark used as an astringent, contains a powerful bactericide, and shows effects on the uterus.<sup>5</sup>
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USDA Zone: 9b-11
Source: Hurov's (seed)
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: rosids
- Order: Myrtales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Lythraceae
- SubFamily: Lythroideae
- Tribe: Nesaeeae
- SubTribe: Lagerstroemiinae
References:
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
- Lawsonia inermis at Wikispecies. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
- Lawsonia inermis at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
- Henna at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, July 21, 2017.
- Oliver-Bever, B. (1986) Medicinal Plants in Tropical West Africa:
- 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.
- 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.
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