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Lawsonia spinosa

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Identification
Lawsonia spinosa L. [family LYTHRACEAE ] (stored under name); Lawsonia alba Lam. [family LYTHRACEAE ] Verified by Henry Trimen, Lawsonia inermis L. [family LYTHRACEAE ]
Related name
  • Lawsonia spinosa
  • Lawsonia alba
  • Lawsonia inermis

Flora

Entry for Lawsonia inermis L. [family LYTHRACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 4, Part 0, page 276, (1978) Author: A. Fernandes
Names
Lawsonia inermis L. [family LYTHRACEAE], Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (1753).—Koehne in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 4: 36 (1883); in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 3, 7: 15, fig. 6 (1891); in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV, 216: 270, fig. 59 (1903).—Gilg in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 286 (1895).—Th. & H. Dur., Syll. Fl. Cong.: 218 (1909).—De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Beige, Bot. Sér. 5, 3: 452 (1912).—Engl., Pflanzenw. Air. 3, 2: 655, fig. 288 (1921).—Fernandes & Diniz in Garcia de Orta 4, 3: 388 (1956).—Boutique in F.C.B., Lythraceae: 25 (1967). TAB. 66. Syntypes from Egypt and India.
Lawsonia spinosa L. [family LYTHRACEAE], Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (1753) non Lour. (1790). Type from India.
Lawsonia alba Lam. [family LYTHRACEAE], Encycl. Méth. Bot. 3: 106 (1789); Tab. Encycl. Méth. Bot. 2: 435, t. 296(1792).—DC., Prodr. 3: 91(1828).—Hiern in F.T.A. 2: 483(1871).— Perrier in Humbert, Fl. Madag., Lythraceae: 23, fig. Ill, 7–11 (1954). Nom. superfl., based on Lawsonia inermis.
Rotantha combretoides Bak. [family LYTHRACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 317 (1890). Syntypes from Madagascar.
Information
Evergreen shrub or small tree 2–7 m. high, glabrous, with the young branches 4-angular and the old ones terete, rigid and often spinescent. Leaves 1·2–6·7 x 0·5–2·7 cm., elliptic, obovate to oblanceolate, acute at the apex, sometimes mucronulate, narrowed into a short petiole, pinnately nerved, submembranous. Panicles 5–25 cm. long. Flowers whitish, scented; pedicels 2–4 mm. long; bracts 0·4–0·7 mm. long, linear, caducous. Calyx-tube 1–1·7 mm. high, with the lobes 2–3 mm. long, ovate-triangular. Petals 1·5–2·5 mm. long, slightly clawed, yellowish. Stamens with the filaments c. 5 mm. long. Style c. 3 mm. long. Fruits 4–6 x 4·5–8 mm. Seeds 2–2·6 mm. long.
Habitat
In alluvial soils along rivers and in villages.
Range
Native of western tropical Asia, N. Africa and probably of the eastern coast of Africa
Distribution
Mozambique N Mossuril and Cabaceira, fl. & fr. 1884–85, Carvalho (COI).Mozambique M Maputo, Jardim Municipal Vasco da Gama, fl. 20.xi.1945, Gomes e Sousa (COI).Mozambique MS Sena, Chemba, cultivated in a garden, fl. & fr. 4.x.1944, Mendonça 2351 (LISC).Mozambique T Tete, cultivated in a garden, 130 m., fl. 31.xii.1965, Torre & Correia 13992 (LISC).
Notes
Widespread by culture in the tropical regions of the world. Used mainly by the Arabs as a producer of dyes.

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