Lawsonia inermis L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Lythraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lawsonia inermis L.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A shrub 5 m. high or less, with slender gray branches, unarmed or spiny. Leaves thin, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 1-4.5 cm. long, acute, obtuse or abruptly acuminate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the base, the short petioles slender; corymbs several-many-flowered, forming a terminal panicle; pedicels slender, scarcely longer than the flowers; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, 2-3 mm. long; petals somewhat longer than the calyx-lobes; stamens longer than the petals or equalling them; capsules about 6 mm. in diameter.

  • Distribution

    Scrub-lands, spontaneous after cultivation, Inagua near Matthew Town : spontaneous in many localities throughout the West Indies, Mexico, and tropical continental America. Native of the Orient. Henna Plant.

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