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LAWSONIA INERMIS [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant and Crop Production
Universal entry(ies)
Lawsonia inermis
Latin
DEF

A glabrous much branched shrub or quite a small tree with greyish brown bark. Leaves are opposite, subsessile, elliptic or broadly lanceolate, entire, acute or obtuse, 2-3 cm long and 1-2 cm wide. Flowers are numerous, small, white or rose coloured, fragrant.

CONT

Henna is a plant known as Lawsonia inermis, which grows to be 4-8 feet high. Its leaves are dried and then crushed to make a henna powder that has natural dying properties called tannins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Lawsonia inermis
Latin
CONT

Le Henné, Lawsonia inermis est un arbrisseau de la famille des Lythrarées. Il pousse généralement dans les oasis sahariennes. Il n'atteint presque jamais la taille de 1 mètre mais il peut devenir arborescent. Son bois est blanc; il porte des fleurs blanches à quatre pétales disposées en bouquets et parfumées. On en tire en Orient des essences et des huiles odorantes, mais c'est surtout pour ses feuilles que l'on fait un grand commerce car on en tire un pigment naturel qui a de nombreuses vertus.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cosmetology
  • Personal Esthetics
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
84988-66-9
CAS number
CONT

Lawsonia Inermis Extract is an extract of the dried flowers, fruit and leaves of the henna, Lawsonia inermis, Lythraceae. Functions : masking, hair dyeing.

Key term(s)
  • extract of Lawsonia inermis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cosmétologie
  • Esthétique et soins corporels
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
84988-66-9
CAS number
OBS

Extrait des fleurs, des fruits et des feuilles séchés du henné, Lawsonia inermis, Lythracées. Usages : agent masquant, colorant capillaire.

OBS

Lawsonia inermis : le nom latin s'écrit en italique.

Spanish

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