Henna

The shrub of the annual or permanent pyrenees is about three years old and may extend to ten, evergreen, proliferating, up to three meters long. The henna plant is a mullet, with red roots and a leg. Its branches and branches are green and turn into structures at maturity. The henna leaves are simple, elliptical, with a length of 3 - 4 cm, wide or white, facing the situation in a light red or whiteish yellow color, and the small white flowers have a strong aromatic aroma in clusters and the fruit is a small box containing pyramidal seeds. The henna tree has two different varieties. Color cast as Alba With white flowers and Miniata species with purple flowers and varieties of municipal henna, Shami, Baghdadi, and thorn.

Southwest Asia, and needs a warm environment, so it grows intensively in the tropical environments of Africa and spread in the countries of the Mediterranean Basin and the most important producing countries are Egypt, Sudan, China and India.
Henna has been known since ancient times. The Pharaohs used them for various purposes. They made powdered leaves, handpaste, hair dye, and wound healing. Many of the pharaohs were found to be henna, and they took a perfume from their flowers. And have a kind of sanctity in many of the Muslim peoples as they use them in cosmetics thanks to their qualities Vtjjjon Bmjonha hands and feet and hair, as they scattered the graves under their death. Used in tanning leather, wool and features painted plant .
Henna powder is used by most Arab women (Arab countries, India and Pakistan) to dye their hair and men alike.
Henna is also used to make beautiful engravings by women, and there is a ritual before the wedding called henna day where the henna is placed on the hands of the bride and her friends and beautiful engravings.

Henna is used in dyeing hair

And use henna flowers in the perfume industry.
Henna is involved in the manufacture of many shampoos, in addition to its use in dyeing.
Decorating henna is one of the most authentic Arabian customs, which is one of the common wedding rituals in many Arab countries. It is called henna night. It is a celebration of the bride on the last day before the wedding. The ceremony includes the henna engraving. It is necessary to prepare a suit or a " Henna, with water and essential oils, provided that it is decorated with natural flowers and long candles, and is used as part of the dance performances during the ceremony.