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Lawsonia inermis, also known as hina, the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet, [4] is a flowering plant and one of the only two species of the genus Lawsonia, with the other being Lawsonia odorata. It is used as a traditional medicinal plant. [5]
An elderly Bengali man in Dhaka with a beard dyed in henna. Henna is a reddish dye prepared from the dried and powdered leaves of the henna tree. [1] It has been used since at least the ancient Egyptian period as a hair and body dye, notably in the temporary body art of mehndi (or "henna tattoo") resulting from the staining of the skin using dyes from the henna plant.
Scientific name Name Description Picture Tanacetum parthenium: Feverfew: The plant has been used for centuries for fevers, headaches, stomach aches, toothaches, insect bites and other conditions. [153] Taraxacum officinale: Dandelion: It was most commonly used historically to treat liver diseases, kidney diseases, and spleen problems. [154 ...
It is recognized by many other common names based on the regions it grows in. In India, it is used to produce a powder for treating hair-related diseases which is known as “neutral henna”. Whereas, in some parts of the world, this species (along with Cassia senna ) is cultivated for the leaves which yield the drug senna, known commonly as ...
Plants in the genus Senna are shrubs, sometimes small trees or perennial herbs. The leaves are arranged alternately, paripinnate with up to 25 pairs of leaflets, each leaf with a stipule at the base, but that often falls off as the leaves mature. The flowers are arranged in racemes in leaf axils with bracts at the base.
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Reseda includes herbaceous annual, biennial and perennial species 40–130 cm (20–50 in) tall. The leaves form a basal rosette at ground level, and then spirally arranged up the stem; they can be entire, toothed or pinnate, and range from 1–15 cm (0.4–5.9 in) long.
Scientific name Common name Family FIA Code (US) Conservation status Hardwoods; Aceraceae: maple family; Acer: maples; Acer amplum: broad maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer argutum: deep-veined maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer floridanum: Florida maple; southern sugar maple Aceraceae (maple family) Acer barbinerve: bearded maple Aceraceae ...