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[[File:Small Lawsonia inermis Plant.png|thumb|150px|right|A Henna plant]]
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! Species discussed
| ''Lawsonia inermis'' (Mignonette tree, Henna)
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! Description
| Henna is a flowering plant used since antiquity to dye skin, hair, fingernails, leather and wool. The name is also used for dye preparations derived from the plant, and for the art of temporary tattooing based on those dyes. The English name "henna" comes from the Arabic حِنَّاء (ḥinnāʾ / pronounced [ħɪnˈnæːʔ]) or colloquially حنا, loosely pronounced /ħinna/.
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| The henna plant is native to tropical and subtropical regions of [[Africa]], southern Asia, and northern Australasia in semi-arid zones. Henna's indigenous zone is the tropical savannah and tropical arid zone, in latitudes between 15° and 25° N and S from Africa to the western Pacific rim, and produces highest dye content in temperatures between 35 °C and 45 °C. Henna is commercially cultivated in UAE, Morocco,Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, western India, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Turkey, Somalia and Sudan.
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 Muslims also use henna as a dye for their hair and for the beards of males--following the tradition of their [[w:Prophet Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]], who used to dye his beard with henna. It's considered a "sunnah" and akin to something fortunate/good. In one narration by him, he encouraged Muslim women to dye their nails with henna so their hands can be distinguished as feminine & from the hands of a male. Hence you will see this tradition greatly in the Middle East and Africa where women apply henna to their finger and toe nails, as well as their hands{{fact}}.
-'''Mehndi'' is the application of [[w:henna|henna]] as a temporary form of [[w:skin decoration|skin decoration]] in [[India]]. The word ''mehndi'' is derived from the [[w:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] word mendhikā.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.8:1:3320.platts A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English]. Dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved on 2011-09-26.</ref> The use of mehndi and turmeric is described in the earliest [[w:Vedic|Vedic]] ritual books. Haldi(Staining oneself with turmeric paste) as well as mehndi are important Vedic customs as a symbolic representation of the Outer and the Inner Sun. Vedic customs are meant to awaken the "inner light" and so the gold of the inner Sun has an important symbolic function{{fact}}.
+'''Mehndi'' is the application of [[w:henna|henna]] as a temporary form of [[w:skin decoration|skin decoration]] in [[India]]. The word ''mehndi'' is derived from the [[w:Sanskrit|Sanskrit]] word mendhikā.<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.8:1:3320.platts A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English]. Dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved on 2011-09-26.</ref> The use of mehndi and turmeric is described in the earliest [[w:Vedic|Vedic]] ritual books. Haldi(Staining oneself with turmeric paste) as well as mehndi are important Vedic customs as a symbolic representation of the Outer and the Inner Sun{{fact}}. Vedic customs are meant to awaken the "inner light" and so the gold of the inner Sun has an important symbolic function{{fact}}.
 Traditional mehndi designs draw the sun on the palm, which in this context represents the mind.

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    {{Cite book|author=Auboyer, Jeannine |title=Daily life in ancient India: from 200 BC to 700 AD |publisher=Phoenix |location=London |year=2002 |origyear=1961 |pages= |isbn=978-1-84212-591-5 |oclc=50577157}}
 </ref> in Rome during the [[w:Roman Empire|Roman Empire]], and in Spain during [[w:Convivencia|Convivencia]].<ref>
-   {{Cite book|author=Fletcher R. |year=1992 |title=Moorish Spain |publisher=[[Henry Holt and Company]] |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-8050-2395-4 |pages= |oclc=25834208}}{{Page needed|date=August 2010}}
+   {{Cite book|author=Fletcher R. |year=1992 |title=Moorish Spain |publisher=[[w:Henry Holt and Company|Henry Holt and Company]] |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-8050-2395-4 |pages= |oclc=25834208}}
-</ref> It was listed in the medical texts of the [[w:Ebers Papyrus|Ebers Papyrus]] (16th c BCE Egypt)<ref name="Bryan 1974">{{Cite book|first=Cyril P. |last=Bryan |coauthors=G. Elliot Smith |title=Ancient Egyptian medicine: the Papyrus Ebers |publisher=Ares Publishers |location=Chicago |year=1974 |origyear=1930 |pages= |isbn=978-0-89005-004-0 |oclc=247258585}}</ref> and by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (14th c CE (Syria and Egypt) as a medicinal herb.<ref name="Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr 1998">{{Cite book|author=Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr |others=trans. Penelope Johnstone |title=Medicine of the prophet |publisher=Islamic Texts Society |location=[[Cambridge]] |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=978-0-946621-19-4 |oclc=40907417}}{{Page needed|date=August 2010}}</ref> In Morocco, wool is dyed and ornamented with henna, as are drumheads and other leather goods.
+</ref> It was listed in the medical texts of the [[w:Ebers Papyrus|Ebers Papyrus]] (16th c BCE Egypt)<ref name="Bryan 1974">{{Cite book|first=Cyril P. |last=Bryan |coauthors=G. Elliot Smith |title=Ancient Egyptian medicine: the Papyrus Ebers |publisher=Ares Publishers |location=Chicago |year=1974 |origyear=1930 |pages= |isbn=978-0-89005-004-0 |oclc=247258585}}</ref> and by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (14th c CE (Syria and Egypt) as a medicinal herb.<ref name="Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr 1998">{{Cite book|author=Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr |others=trans. Penelope Johnstone |title=Medicine of the prophet |publisher=Islamic Texts Society |location=[[Cambridge]] |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=978-0-946621-19-4 |oclc=40907417}}</ref> In Morocco, wool is dyed and ornamented with henna, as are drumheads and other leather goods.
 [[File:A Henna or Mehndi applier, Rishikesh.jpg|thumb|left|200px|An artist applying Mehndi on a palm.]]
 Muslims also use henna as a dye for their hair and for the beards of males--following the tradition of their [[w:Prophet Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]], who used to dye his beard with henna. It's considered a "sunnah" and akin to something fortunate/good. In one narration by him, he encouraged Muslim women to dye their nails with henna so their hands can be distinguished as feminine & from the hands of a male. Hence you will see this tradition greatly in the Middle East and Africa where women apply henna to their finger and toe nails, as well as their hands{{fact}}.

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 Henna has been used since the [[w:Bronze Age|Bronze Age]] to dye skin (including [[w:body art|body art]]), hair, fingernails, leather, silk and wool.  In several parts of the world it is traditionally used in various festivals and celebrations.  There is mention of henna as a hair dye in Indian court records around 400CE,<ref>
-   {{Cite book|author=Auboyer, Jeannine |title=Daily life in ancient India: from 200 BC to 700 AD |publisher=Phoenix |location=London |year=2002 |origyear=1961 |pages= |isbn=978-1-84212-591-5 |oclc=50577157}}{{Page needed|date=August 2010}}
+   {{Cite book|author=Auboyer, Jeannine |title=Daily life in ancient India: from 200 BC to 700 AD |publisher=Phoenix |location=London |year=2002 |origyear=1961 |pages= |isbn=978-1-84212-591-5 |oclc=50577157}}
 </ref> in Rome during the [[w:Roman Empire|Roman Empire]], and in Spain during [[w:Convivencia|Convivencia]].<ref>
    {{Cite book|author=Fletcher R. |year=1992 |title=Moorish Spain |publisher=[[Henry Holt and Company]] |location=New York City |isbn=978-0-8050-2395-4 |pages= |oclc=25834208}}{{Page needed|date=August 2010}}
-</ref> It was listed in the medical texts of the [[w:Ebers Papyrus|Ebers Papyrus]] (16th c BCE Egypt)<ref name="Bryan 1974">{{Cite book|first=Cyril P. |last=Bryan |coauthors=G. Elliot Smith |title=Ancient Egyptian medicine: the Papyrus Ebers |publisher=Ares Publishers |location=Chicago |year=1974 |origyear=1930 |pages= |isbn=978-0-89005-004-0 |oclc=247258585}}{{Page needed|date=August 2010}}</ref> and by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (14th c CE (Syria and Egypt) as a medicinal herb.<ref name="Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr 1998">{{Cite book|author=Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr |others=trans. Penelope Johnstone |title=Medicine of the prophet |publisher=Islamic Texts Society |location=[[Cambridge]] |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=978-0-946621-19-4 |oclc=40907417}}{{Page needed|date=August 2010}}</ref> In Morocco, wool is dyed and ornamented with henna, as are drumheads and other leather goods.
+</ref> It was listed in the medical texts of the [[w:Ebers Papyrus|Ebers Papyrus]] (16th c BCE Egypt)<ref name="Bryan 1974">{{Cite book|first=Cyril P. |last=Bryan |coauthors=G. Elliot Smith |title=Ancient Egyptian medicine: the Papyrus Ebers |publisher=Ares Publishers |location=Chicago |year=1974 |origyear=1930 |pages= |isbn=978-0-89005-004-0 |oclc=247258585}}</ref> and by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (14th c CE (Syria and Egypt) as a medicinal herb.<ref name="Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr 1998">{{Cite book|author=Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr |others=trans. Penelope Johnstone |title=Medicine of the prophet |publisher=Islamic Texts Society |location=[[Cambridge]] |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=978-0-946621-19-4 |oclc=40907417}}{{Page needed|date=August 2010}}</ref> In Morocco, wool is dyed and ornamented with henna, as are drumheads and other leather goods.
-[[Image:Mehandi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Mehndi applied on a palm.]]
+[[File:A Henna or Mehndi applier, Rishikesh.jpg|thumb|left|200px|An artist applying Mehndi on a palm.]]
 Muslims also use henna as a dye for their hair and for the beards of males--following the tradition of their [[w:Prophet Muhammad|Prophet Muhammad]], who used to dye his beard with henna. It's considered a "sunnah" and akin to something fortunate/good. In one narration by him, he encouraged Muslim women to dye their nails with henna so their hands can be distinguished as feminine & from the hands of a male. Hence you will see this tradition greatly in the Middle East and Africa where women apply henna to their finger and toe nails, as well as their hands{{fact}}.

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 ==Uses of the Henna plant==
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+'''''Source: Wikipedia article on [[w:Henna|Henna]]'''''
 [[File:Small Lawsonia inermis Plant.png|thumb|150px|right|A Henna plant]]
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 ! Distribution
-| The henna plant is native to tropical and subtropical regions of [[Africa]], southern Asia, and northern Australasia in semi-arid zones. Henna's indigenous zone is the tropical savannah and tropical arid zone, in latitudes between 15° and 25° N and S from Africa to the western Pacific rim, and produces highest dye content in temperatures between 35 °C and 45 °C. Henna is commercially cultivated in UAE, Morocco,Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, western India, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Turkey, Somalia and Sudan.
+| The henna plant is native to North Africa, southern Asia, and northern Australasia in semi-arid zones. Henna's indigenous zone is the tropical savannah and tropical arid zone, in latitudes between 15° and 25° N and S from Africa to the western Pacific rim, and produces highest dye content in temperatures between 35 °C and 45 °C<ref name="PT">[http://www.pharmatutor.org/articles/lawsonia-inermis-henna-traditional-uses-scientific-assessment Pharmatutor article on Lawsonia inermis] Accessed: Feb 6, 2012</ref>. Henna is commercially cultivated in UAE, Morocco,Algeria, Yemen, Tunisia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, western India, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Turkey, Somalia and Sudan.
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