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You may have heard mehndi being called henna. Henna is the name of a medicinal plant that has many uses, while mehndi are the leaves of the henna plant ground into powder/paste and then used as dyes (many people use it as a hair dye because it darkens the hair, conditions it and strengthens it) or temporary tattoos.

The origin of "mehndi" is from the Sanskrit word "mendhika," which refers to the henna plant that releases a red dye. According to A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi and English Mehndi also refers to "the marriage-feast on the occasion of the bride's hands and feet being stained with henna."

Mehndi (also called Mehandi) is the traditional art of painting the hands, feet or body with a paste made from the powdered, dried leaves of the henna plant (Botanical name : Lawsonia Inermis). It stain's a usually cherry-red to brown color but this can vary with time left on and a range of other factors.