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Sindoor (Sanskrit: सिन्दूर, IAST: sindūra) or sindura [1] is a traditional vermilion red or orange-red cosmetic powder from the Indian subcontinent, usually worn by married women along the part of their hairline. [2]
Bixa orellana, also known as achiote, is a shrub or small tree native to Central America. [3] [4] Bixa orellana is grown in many countries worldwide.[3]The plant is best known as the source of annatto, a natural orange-red condiment (also called achiote or bijol) obtained from the waxy arils that cover its seeds.
Traditional silver container for Sindoor/Kumkuma. Kumkuma is most often applied by Indians to the forehead. The reason involves the ancient Indian belief that "the human body is divided into seven vortices of energy, called chakras, beginning at the base of the spine and ending at the top of the head.
Mallotus philippensis is a plant in the spurge family. It is known as the kamala tree or red kamala or kumkum tree, due to the fruit covering, which produces a red dye. However, it must be distinguished from kamala meaning "lotus" in many Indian languages, an unrelated plant, flower, and sometimes metonymic spiritual or artistic concept.
Fruits of Tinospora cordifolia. It is a large, deciduous, extensively-spreading, climbing vine with several elongated twining branches. Leaves are simple, alternate, and exstipulate with long petioles up to 15 cm (6 in) long which are roundish and pulvinate, both at the base and apex with the basal one longer and twisted partially and half way around.
The name Azadirachta indica was first published by Adrien-Henri de Jussieu in 1830. [11] In 1753, Carl Linnaeus had described two species, Melia azedarach and Melia azadirachta . [ 12 ] De Jussieu considered Melia azadirachta to be sufficiently different from Melia azedarach to be placed in a new genus. [ 13 ]
Lawsonia inermis, also known as hina, the henna tree, the mignonette tree, and the Egyptian privet, [4] is a flowering plant and one of the only two species of the genus Lawsonia, with the other being Lawsonia odorata. It is used as a traditional medicinal plant. [5]
Syngonium podophyllum is the most commonly cultivated species in the genus Syngonium, and is often referred to simply as syngonium.It was originally confused with the similar-looking African genus Nephthytis, and this is still used as a common name for the plant.