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Lawsonia

Botanical name: Lawsonia

Lawsonia

Botanical name: Lawsonia

Description

Lawsonia has a sole species. Lawsonia is a tall shrub or small tree, standing 1.8 to 8 m tall. It is glabrous and multi-branched, with spine-tipped branchlets. The leaves are glabrous, sub-sessile, elliptical, and lanceolate, acuminate, and have depressed veins on the dorsal surface. Its petals are ovate, with white or red stamens found in pairs on the rim of the calyx tube. Lawsonia fruits are small, brownish capsules, with 32–49 seeds per fruit, and open irregularly into four splits. The lawsonia plant is native to northern Africa, western and southern Asia, and northern Australia, in semi-arid zones and tropical areas.

Species of Lawsonia

Egyptian-privet

Egyptian-privet (Lawsonia inermis) is a shrub or multi-stemmed tree that can grow from 1.8 to 5 m tall. Also known as the henna tree, it blooms in late spring or early summer with fragrant white flowers. Tolerant to both heat and drought, it thrives in warm climates with dry soil. It is used to produce henna dye, which comes from its leaves. It has become invasive in areas of China and Cuba.

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