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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Lawsonia inermis

Common Name
Reseda; Kina Agaci; Hai Na; Inai; Jan Chih Chia Ts'Ao; Henna; Pachar kuku; Hinai; Khana; Cyprus; Hinna

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Leucorrhea Java *
Myalgia India(Santal) *
Onychosis Malaya *
Ophthalmia Malaya *
Parturition Malaya *
Poison Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Poultice Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Rheumatism Malaya *
Sedative Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Sedative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Skin Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Skin Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Skin Elsewhere *
Sore Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Sore(Throat) Elsewhere *
Tumor Nigeria Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Venereal Malaya *
Vermifuge Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Whitlow Indonesia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.