Plant Synonyms
Lawsonia spinosa L..
Alcanna spinosa (L.) Gaertn.
Casearia multiflora Spreng.
Lawsonia alba Lam. nom. illeg.
Lawsonia speciosa L.
Lawsonia spinosa L.
Rotantha combretoides Baker
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | henna |
| Hindi | hena, henna, mahendi, mehandi, mehanti, mehndi, mhindi, Mehendi मेहंदी |
| Kannada | goranta, gorante, goranthu, goranti, goranti bannada gida, gorantlu, honnu balli, koranti, korate, madaranga, madarangi, madirengi, madurangi, madurengi, mardaani soppu |
| Malayalam | mail-anschi, mailanchi, mailanci, mailanji, mailanschi, manjathi, marutonni, mauilanchi, mayilanchi, mayilanci, mayilanji, pontalasi, pontaletsche, poyitalace, poytalacci, puttalacci |
| Marathi | mehandi, mehndi, mendhi, mendi, padchi-methi, panwar, Mehndi मेहंदी |
| Sanskrit | dvivranta, kokadanta, kuravaka, madanaka, madayanti, madayantika, medhini, medika, mendhi, mendhika, mendi, mendika, nakharanjaka, nakharanjani, ragagarbha, ragangi, raktagarba, ranjaka, sahashara, sakachara, sakachera, sugandhapushpa, timira, yavaneshta |
| Tamil | aivanam, aivani, aivanimaram, aiyavani, alakuvannatti, alavan, alavanam, azhavanam, cairiyakam, cakacari, cakacarikam, cakacarimaram, cakaci, caranam, carvatamuli, cempi#, cempi, cemputam, henna, korandam, korantam, kotiyavisatti, kotuvisatti, kurandagam, kurantakam, kurantam, kuravakam, kurinci, kurinji, mailenanti, mali, malikai , maratani, marithondi, maroodanie, marudondri, marudonri, marutani, marutanimarutenai, maruthani, maruthanri, maruthondri, maruthonri, marutoni, marutonimaram, marutonri, marutonti, mayilainanti, menti , mentikai , mettavisatti, niliyam, niliyamaram, pavalakkurinci , pidai, ponninpuvalamarudondri, ponnirppuvalamarutonri, ponvannakkurinci, ruttirakopam, ruttirakoppamaram, tanri, tanri, toni, tonimaram, tonri, tonrimaram, uruttirakopam, uyarvannatti, vakuntaki, vakuntakimaram, valaiyamali, vanakkanni, Maadam மாடம் |
| Telugu | gaumba, goeranta, goounta, gorandla, goranta, goranti, gorata, gorinta, gorintaaku, gorintaku, gorintha, gounta, guvanta, kommi, krommi, kuravakam, kuravakamu, kuravamu, maida, maidaaku, paccapeddagoranta, pachapeddagoranta, pachchapeddagoranta, pachhapeddagoranta, peddapattsagoranta, Menhdi మెహందీ |
| Tibetan | ma du ya nta |
| Urdu | burg hena, burg hena khushk, burg henna saida, burg nim, burge hena, burrg henna, hina, mehendi, mehndi, mehndi ke pattey, mehndi ke sabz pattay, menhdi, tukhm panwar |
| Common name | henna, henna tree,mignonette tree, Egyptian privet, |
| Bengali | Mehndi মেহেन्दি |
- In Ayureda, leaves are used to treat leucoderma.
- Paste of leaves applied over eyelids to cure conjunctivitis.
- Leaf paste applied on soles relieves burning sensation.
- This paste is also beneficial in the treatment of prickly heat, skin problems like boils, burns, rheumatic joints, bruises and inflammatory swellings.
- Henna also helps in the treatment of baldness.
- The decoction of leaves is used as a gargle in sore throat.
- Bark of plant is useful in treatment of jaundice and Iiver enlargement.
- Flowers cure headache caused by heat of the sun.
- Powder of seed is very effective in treatment of dysentery and is used as an antifertility agent.
- Henna as a colouring agent, it is mixed with other natural dyes to make a hair dye and even for textiles.
Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003
Lawsonia inermis L. Gorinta Lythraceae Leaf Reduce body heat
Lawsonia inermis L. Mehndi Lythraceae Boils and burns
Lawsonia inermis L. Heena Lythraceae Shrub Leaf Coumarins, naphthoquinone, flavonoids,sterols, triterpene, and xanthones
Lawsonia inermis L. Glabrous shrub/small tree Leaves, seed, rhizome Jaundice; pain; removes excess of bile content; foot cracks; piles; migrane; headache; skin burns; spermatorrhea; pimples; gonorrhea; hair tonic; General Rao et al. 2006, Sharma et al. 2013, Sreeramulu et al. 2013 Ethnobotany Research and Applications Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112 58 conjuctivitis; debility; leucoderma; skin diseases; contraceptive; wound; boils; cuts; swelling
Lawsonia inermis L. Glabrous shrub/small tree Leaves, seed, rhizome Jaundice; pain; removes excess of bile content; foot cracks; piles; migrane; headache; skin burns; spermatorrhea; pimples; gonorrhea; hair tonic; General Rao et al. 2006, Sharma et al. 2013, Sreeramulu et al. 2013
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Literature
Citations
Lawsonia inermis. (2024, January 25). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawsonia_inermis