Trees & Plants

Henna plant

Heenaa

Lawsonia inermis L.

Widely planted in homesteads The plant is a well-known hair tonic, also widely used for skin care and hepatoprotection. The roots are diuretic, refrigerant and bitter, used in traditional medicine to treat skin diseases and premature greying of hair. The leaves are used as a reme

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uses: The plant is a well-known hair tonic, also widely used for skin care and hepatoprotection. The roots are diuretic, refrigerant and bitter, used in traditional medicine to treat skin diseases and premature greying of hair. The leaves are used as a remedy for wounds, ulcers, burning sensation, lumbago, inflammations, scabies, boils, haemorrhages, fever, anaemia diarrhea and jaundice.
family: Lythraceae
synonym: Casearia multiflora Spreng., Lawsonia spinosa L. in
description: Woody shrubs; bark ashy grey or brown, smooth, branchlets ending × in spines. Leaves 2.5-4.5 1-2 cm, elliptic or oblong to oblanceolate, base attenuate, apex acute or rounded, subsessile. Flowers fragrant in terminal cymose panicles; pedicels 2-4 mm long. Calyx tube ca. 2 mm long, cupular; lobes 4, 2-3 mm long. Petals 4, creamy white, 3-4 mm long, orbicular or obovate. Stamens 8; filaments 4-5 mm long, inflexed in bud. Ovary globose, × 4-celled. Fruit purplish green, 4-6 5-7 mm, globose, dehiscing irregularly; seeds ca. 2.5 mm long.
native range: The Middle East, North Africa and the Indian subcontinent
distribution: China, Australia, The West Indies and in its native range NARAHDISAS .N/OAF
english names: Henna plant · Egyptian privet · Samphire
flowering fruiting: December – May
occurrence maldives: Widely planted in homesteads