Alkanna.—Dyer's Bugloss.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Lawsonia inermis L.
Engl.: henna, al-henna, al-khanna, Egyptian privet, henne, Jamaica mignonette, mehndi, mendee, smooth lawsonia.
Bot. syn.: Lawsonia alba Lam.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1881.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
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