Ever went to an Indian or Pakistani wedding ceremony and marveled at the beauty of the designs and artworks on the hands and the feet of the bride? For those that are not sure of what these are, the artworks are called mehndi, and they are prepared using henna (usually natual henna) which originates from the leaves of the henna plant. Another name for the henna plant is the cypress flower plant, and the word henna itself comes from the Arabic word of hinna.