- Family : LYTHRACEAE
(Loose-Strife Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : MEHNDI FAMILY (मेंहंदी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lythraceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lawsonia inermis L.
- Common name : Henna, Egyptian priven, Cypress shrub, Camphire, Samphire
- Vernacular name :
- Mehendi (Hindi)
- Gorante, Madhurangi (Kannada)
- Gorinta chettu, Goranti (Telugu)
- Manjuati, Benjati, Manghati (Oria)
- Medhini, Nakharanjani (Sanskrit)
- Mendi (Marathi)
- Mailanchi, Mylanchi, Pontalasi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Grown as hedge plant
- Comments / notes : Cultivated for the commercial Henna (Mehendi).
- Key identification features : Small tree
- Flower, Fruit : December-May
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- West Bengal : Birbhum, Burdwan, Howrah, Midnapur, Murshidabad, Purulia
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
- World Distribution : Central Asia, India; cultivated throughout warm tropics
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lawsonia inermis. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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