Accession Data:
Lawsonia inermis L.
- Common Name: Henna
- Family: Lythraceae J. St-Hil.
- Country of Origin: Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia
- Habitat: hot, semi-arid regions
- Uses: Used as a dye.
Medicinal: Bark used as an astringent, contains a powerful bactericide, and shows effects on the uterus.5
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- USDA Zone: 9b-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198900052
- Source: Hurov's (seed)
- Accession Date: 12-31-1989
- Bench: 1115 - AFR:East Bench SS
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-26-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: rosids
- Order: Myrtales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Lythraceae
- SubFamily: Lythroideae
- Tribe: Nesaeeae
- SubTribe: Lagerstroemiinae
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Iran / Oman / Saudi Arabia / Yemen / Pakistan / Andaman Is. / Nicobar Is.
References (external):
- 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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Current Accessions in the Lythraceae
Subfamily Lythroideae
Tribe Lythreae
- Lythrinae: Lythrum salicaria W/C
Subfamily Lythroideae
Tribe Nesaeeae
- Lagerstroemiinae: Lagerstroemia indica
- Lagerstroemiinae: Lawsonia inermis
- Nesaeinae: Decodon verticillatus W/C
- Nesaeinae: Heimia myrtifolia
- Nesaeinae: Heimia salicifolia
Subfamily Punicoideae
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days