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Family: Lythraceae	Genus: Lawsonia	Species: Lawsonia inermis Linn. ( मेहँदी )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Alcanna spinosa (Linn.) Gaertn., Lawsonia speciosa Linn., Lawsonia alba Lam., Lawsonia falcifolia Stokes, Lawsonia spinosa Linn.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Mehendi	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Egyptian Privet, Henna	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Mehendi	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 1350 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruits small, brown, globose capsules 4-8 mm in diameter, many-seeded, opening irregularly, split into 4 sections, with a persistent style. Seeds 3 mm across, angular, with thick seed coat.
Habitat	Plains and lower hills, often cultivated.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Africa and Asia	Bark Details	Bark greyish-brown, unarmed when young, older plants with spine-tipped branchlets.
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Gurgaon, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Much-branched glabrous shrub, may be spiny. Bark greyish-brown, unarmed when young, older plants with spine-tipped branchlets. Young branches quadrangular, green but turn red with age. Leaves opposite, entire, subsessile, elliptic to broadly lanceolate, 1.5-5 x 0.5-2 cm, glabrous, acuminate; veins on the upper surface depressed. Flowers small, white, numerous; in large pyramidal terminal cymes, fragrant, 1 cm across, 4 petals crumpled in the bud. Calyx with 2-mm tube and 3-mm spread lobes; petals orbicular to obovate, white or red; stamens 8, inserted in pairs on the rim of the calyx tube; ovary 4 celled, style up to 5 mm long, erect. Fruits small, brown, globose capsules 4-8 mm in diameter, many-seeded, opening irregularly, split into 4 sections, with a persistent style. Seeds 3 mm across, angular, with thick seed coat.	Leaf Details	Leaves opposite, entire, subsessile, elliptic to broadly lanceolate, 1.5-5 x 0.5-2 cm, glabrous, acuminate; veins on the upper surface depressed.

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