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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.
The origin of "mehndi" is from the Sanskrit word "mendhika," which refers to the henna plant that releases a red dye. [5] According to A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English, mehndi also refers to "the marriage-feast on the occasion of the bride's hands and feet being stained with henna."
Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) is a multilingual database of names of taxa of plants. The MMPND is located at the University of Melbourne, where it is managed and maintained by Michel H. Porcher. This database includes the names of taxa of more than 900 genera of higher plants (not counting mushrooms). In addition to the ...
Botanical nomenclature is closely linked to plant taxonomy, and botanical nomenclature serves plant taxonomy, but nevertheless botanical nomenclature is separate from plant taxonomy. Botanical nomenclature is merely the body of rules prescribing which name applies to that taxon (see correct name) and if a new name may (or must) be coined.
The Latin species name somnifera means "sleep-inducing". [6] The name ashwagandha is a combination of the Sanskrit words ashva , meaning "horse", and gandha , meaning "smell", reflecting that the root has a strong, horse-like odor.
Impatiens / ɪ m ˈ p eɪ ʃ ə n s / [2] is a genus of more than 1,000 species of flowering plants, widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere and the tropics.Together with the genus Hydrocera (one species), Impatiens make up the family Balsaminaceae.
Bauhinia racemosa, commonly known as the bidi leaf tree, is a rare medicinal species of flowering shrub with religious significance.It is a small crooked tree with drooping branches that grows 3–5 metres (10–16 ft) tall and flowers between February and May.