Henna Lawsonia inermis

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Botanical Name:

Lawsonia inermis

Family:

Lythraceae

Genus:

Lawsonia

Species:

inermis

Common Name:

Henna

Seeds Per Pound:
412,727
Quantity:
0.86 lb
Average Viable Seeds/Packet:
65
Germination:
77%
Germination Test Type:
Cut (Full Seed)
Purity:
95%
Height:
6-25 ft
Collection Locale:
India
Crop Year:
2020
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
10
Harvest hemisphere:
Northern
In Stock: 0.86 lb
Prices
Items are priced on a curve, you can buy any 'bulk quantity' up to what we have in stock, some examples are:
1 packet (~ 65 seeds)
$3.95
5 gram (~ 4550 seeds)
$10.57
10 gram (~ 9099 seeds)
$11.90
1 oz (~ 25795 seeds)
$14.95
Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours.
Stratification: none required. a short 14 day cold moist stratification may improve germination.
Germination: surface sow and keep moist, requires light for germination.
Other: Keep seeds and plants always above 70 degrees Fahrenheit.

Henna is a tall shrub or small tree, 2–6 m high. It is glabrous, multibranched with spine tipped branchlets. Leaves are opposite, entire, glabrous, sub-sessile, elliptical, and broadly lanceolate (1.5–5.0 cm x 0.5–2 cm), acuminate, having depressed veins on the dorsal surface.Henna flowers have four sepals and a 2 mm calyx tube with 3 mm spread lobes. Petals are obvate, white or red stamens inserted in pairs on the rim of the calyx tube. Ovary is four celled, style up to 5 mm long and erect. Fruits are small, brownish capsules, 4–8 mm in diameter, with 32–49 seeds per fruit, and open irregularly into four splits.

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