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Hina
Lawsonia inermis
About
Lawsonia inermis, also known as hina, the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet, is a flowering plant and one of the only two species of the genus Lawsonia, with the other being Lawsonia odorata. It is used as a traditional medicinal plant. The species is named after the Scottish physician Isaac Lawson, a good friend of Linnaeus.
- Family
- Lythraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lawsonia inermis
- Slug
- lawsonia-inermis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Lawsonia
- Species
- inermis
- Wikidata QID
- Q182448
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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