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Family: Lythraceae	Genus: Lawsonia	Species: Lawsonia inermis Linn.

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 chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Butterfly Park , Sector 45	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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