Lawsonia inermis
Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir), Iran (S-Iran), Oman (Mascat & Oman), Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, W-Yemen), Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab), Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu), Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.), Nicobar Isl. (Great Nicobar Isl.), Laos (I), Vietnam (I), Thailand (I), India, Java (I), Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma], Singapore (I), Philippines (I), Lakshadweep Isl. (Laccadives), Maldives, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Yunnan), Somalia, Ethiopia, Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Sudan, ?South Sudan, Benin, Togo, Guinea, Seychelles, Madagascar, Comores, Cameroon, Mozambique (I), Chad (I), Jamaica (I), Peru (I), Turks & Caicos Isl. (I), Nicaragua (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Cuba (I), Virgin Isl. (I), Panama (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (St. Martin (I), St. Barts (I), Antigua (I), Saba (I), St. Eustatius (I), St. Kitts (I), Nevis (I), Montserrat (I), Guadeloupe (I), Dominica (I), Martinique (I), St. Lucia (I), Barbados (I)), Fiji (I), Guyana (I), Belize (I), Surinam (I), Ecuador (I), Mexico (I), Costa Rica (I), Northern Marianas (I) (Alamagan (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Saipan (I), Guam (I)), Bolivia (I), Venezuela (I), Guatemala (I), Colombia (I), Mauritania (c), Morocco (c), Algeria (c), Tunisia (c), Libya (c), Trinidad & Tobago (I), Tajikistan (I) 143193 0
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Based on Georgiades (1995).
Alien: Nowhere wild or naturalized in Cyprus, where it would appear to have become rare, even in cultivation, by the 19th century - now mainly/entirely in gardens (Meikle 1977).
Cultivated since ancient times.
Meikle RD (1977) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 1.
Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.
Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.