Wikipedia post linked above on henna/mehndi. Excerpts follow. Of interest, the henna service these photos were taken from is a woman-owned business in Dubai and she is apparently trying to go global with franchises of henna.
On the skin decoration:
"Mehndi is the application of henna as a temporary form of skin decoration. This usage is popular in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia as well as expatriate communities from these areas. It is usually drawn on the hands and feet, where the designs will last the longest."
On the plant:
"Henna (Lawsonia inermis, syn. L. alba) 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, southern Asia and northern Australasia with an arid or at least seasonally dry climate."
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