Family name:-LYTHRACEAE
Englishname :-Henna
Sinhala name:-Marathondi
Tamil name :-maroodaniei, Marudhaani
Sanskirt name:-madayantika, ragangi, sakachera
Description:-Henna is a tall shrub or small tree, standing 1.8 to 7.6 m tall. It is glabrous and multi-branched, with spine-tipped branchlets. The leaves grow opposite each other on the stem and are glabrous, sub-sessile, elliptical, and lanceolate (long and wider in the middle; average dimensions are 1.5–5.0 cm x 0.5–2 cm), acuminate (tapering to a long point), and have depressed veins on the dorsal surface. Henna flowers have four sepals and a 2 mm calyx tube, with 3 mm spread lobes. Its petals are obvate, with white or red stamens found in pairs on the rim of the calyx tube. The ovary is four-celled, 5 mm long, and erect. Henna fruits are small, brownish capsules, 4–8 mm in diameter, with 32–49 seeds per fruit, and open irregularly into four splits.
Status:Native
Edible parts:- none
Grows in:-Sri Lanka,India,Saudi Arabia,Algeria, Somalia,Tunisia,Turkey
Ayurvedic usag:-
Treatment for:-Skin diseases, Nervous system disorders, Jaundice, Splenomegaly, Leprosy, Gonorrhoea, Hysteria
Parts used to make medicine:-Roots, Leaves,Fruit, Barks, Flowers
Propagation:-Seeds