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Lawsonia inermis - Mendhika

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Henna/Mehdi


Henna[1] (Lawsonia inermis, also known as hina, the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet) is a flowering plant and the sole species of the Lawsonia genus. The English name "henna" comes from the Arabic حِنَّاء‎ (ALA-LC: ḥinnāʾ; pronounced [ħɪnˈnæːʔ]) or, colloquially حنا‎, loosely pronounced as /ħinna/.


Uses

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

The major components were ethyl hexadecanoate (24.4%), (E)-methyl cinnamate (11.4%), isocaryophyllene (8.1%), (E)-β-ionone (5.8%) and methyl linolenate (4.1%).[2]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada goranta, gorante
Hindi hena, henna
Malayalam mail-anschi, mailanci
Tamil aivanam, aivanam
Telugu goranta, gorata
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit dvivranta, kokadanta
English henna


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Henna is a thorny evergreen shrub that can reach up to 6.0 m in heightThe leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual 2-4cm long Yellow 5-20 The fragrant flowers are whitish or pink to brick red and sit in a pyramid-shaped inflorescence

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
simple 7–10 mm The fruit is a blue-black berry single {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the dry to moist tropics and subtropics, where it is found at elevations up to 2,000 metres[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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References

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  2. "chemical constituents"
  3. "plant description"
  4. "Cultivation Details"

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