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Lawsonia inermis L.

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Lawsonia inermis L.
Lawsonia inermis L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymLawsonia alba Lam.
synonymLawsonia coccinea Sm.
synonymLawsonia falcifolia Stokes
synonymLawsonia purpurea Lam.
synonymLawsonia spinosa L.
synonymRotantha combretoides Baker
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Jetuka
English
  • Egyptian Privet
  • Henna
  • Henna Egyptian Privet
Hindi
  • Mehendi
Malayalam
  • Mailanji
Other
  • Hena Pambi (Manipuri)
  • Henna
  • Mehendi मेहेंदी (Hindi)
  • Ugguru Kannu Soppu
  • மருதாணி Marudaani (Tamil)
Tamil
  • Marudani
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
No Data
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Field Tips

Branchlet tips spiny. Bark grayish brown, thin.

Flower

In terminal panicles, cream, fragrant. Flowering from January-April.

Fruit

A capsule, globose. Seeds many, flat. Fruits persistent.

Leaf Apices

Acute

Leaf arrangement

Opposite decussate

Leaf Bases

Attenuate

Leaf Margins

Entire

Leaf Shapes

Elliptic

Leaf Types

Simple

Habit

A deciduous shrub.

Keystone Foundation
Attributions Keystone Foundation
Contributors 
Keystone Foundation
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
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    📚 Habitat and Distribution
    General Habitat
    Plains and lower hills, often cultivated. Central Asia and India.
    Keystone Foundation
    Attributions Keystone Foundation
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Cosmopolitian
      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        Description
        Global Distribution

        India: Naturalized And Cultivated

        Local Distribution

        Throughout Assam

        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          No Data
          📚 Occurrence
          No Data
          📚 Uses and Management
          Uses

          System of Medicines Used In

          Ayurveda
          Ayurveda
          Folk medicine
          Folk medicine
          Siddha
          Siddha
          Unani
          Unani
          Traditional chinese medicine
          Traditional chinese medicine
          Sowa-Rigpa
          Sowa-Rigpa
          Leaf paste is used to dye hands.
          Keystone Foundation
          Attributions Keystone Foundation
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            System Of Medicines Used In

            Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

            FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1294
            Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1294
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              No Data
              📚 Information Listing
              References
              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1294
              Information Listing > References
              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1294

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              📚 Meta data
              No Data
              🐾 Taxonomy
              RootRoot
              KingdomPlantae
              PhylumTracheophyta
              ClassMagnoliopsida
              OrderMyrtales
              FamilyLythraceae
              GenusLawsonia
              SpeciesLawsonia inermis L.
              📊 Temporal Distribution
              📷 Related Observations
              👥 Groups
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