Natural Henna is a flowering plant, the sole species in the genus Lawsonia in the family Lythraceae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and southern Asia. The shrub is normally between 2 and 6 metres tall. Henna is commercially cultivated in western India, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Morocco and Sudan. Though henna has been used for body art and hair dye since the Bronze Age, henna has had a recent renaissance in body art due to improvements in cultivation, processing, and the diasporas of people from traditional henna using regions.

[tag]Henna[/tag] has many traditional and commercial uses, the most common being as a dye for hair ([tag]henna hair[/tag]), skin ([tag]henna skin[/tag]) and fingernails ([tag]henna nails[/tag]), a dye and preservative for leather and cloth, and as an anti-fungal.

Just recently, when a lot of people became interested in [tag]temporary tattoos[/tag], henna became popular once again in the western countries for [tag]temporary tattoo[/tag] designs on arms and feet. [tag]Natural henna[/tag] hasnt got much use by itself, but the dyes made from it are very popular.

I will be writing more on this interesting [tag]art of henna[/tag].