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Lawsonia inermis

Linnaeus
Tracheophyta » Myrtales » Lythraceae » Lawsonia inermis
Common name (English)
Henna
Common name (Greek)
Χέννα
Ηabitat
FA Hedgerows
I1 Arable
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X10 Mixed landscapes
Global distribution

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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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

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).

First detection year
1760
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Agriculture – Ag
Pathway detail

Cultivated since ancient times.

References

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.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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