HENNA (LAWSONIA INERMIS L.): FROM PLANT TO PALM

NEERAJ¹*, N. DALAL², V. BISHT³, U. DHAKAR^4
1Department of Agriculture, Jharkhand Rai University, Ranchi, 835222, Jharkhand, India; Centre of Food Science and Technology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
²Centre of Food Science and Technology, Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India
³Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, 210001, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴Department of Home Science, Banasthali Vidyapith, Vanasthali, 304022, Rajasthan, India
* Corresponding Author : phogatneeraj23@gmail.com

Received : 11-12-2019     Accepted : 27-12-2019     Published : 30-12-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 24       Pages : 9370 - 9372
Int J Agr Sci 11.24 (2019):9370-9372

Keywords : Henna (Lawsonia inermis L.), Microbial spoilage
Academic Editor : Sathyanarayana, B. Ljevnaic Masic
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Jharkhand Rai University, Ranchi, 834010, Jharkhand, India and Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, 125004, Haryana, India; Department of Silviculture and Agroforestry, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, 210001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Henna (Lawsonia inermis L.) is flowering plant with varied cosmetic uses and has high in-vitro pharmacological activity. It is cultivated as a plantation crop in semi-arid and arid zones to yield henna leaves. The leaves are harvested and dried to reduce their moisture content for further processing and reduce microbial spoilage. The dried leaves are cleaned to remove foreign matter, cut to reduce leaf size for grinding, ground to form powder and screened to prepare homogenous henna powder. Crop can be harvested multiple times in a year and presents a scope of agriculture in regions with less rainfall and has potential as medicinal crop.

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