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Lagerstroemia indica L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10 2: 1076 1759. (Syn: Lagerstroemia chinensis Lam.; Lagerstroemia elegans Wall. ex Paxton; Lagerstroemia indica var. alba Ram. Goyena; Lagerstroemia minor Retz.; Lagerstroemia pulchra Salisb.; Murtughas indica (L.) Kuntze; Velaga globosa Gaertn.);
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China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) Taiwan (I), Korea (I), Java, Bhutan (I), Philippines (I), Burma (I), Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.), Nepal, Pakistan (I), Moluccas (I) (Ambon (I)), Maldives (I), Australia (I) (Queensland (I)),, Chad (I), Mozambique (I), Cameroon (I), Burkina Faso (I), Guinea (I), Jamaica (I), Belize (I), Costa Rica (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Puerto Rico (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (St. Croix (I), Tortola (I)), Cuba (I), Ecuador (I), Mexico (I), Panama (I), Nicaragua (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Antigua (I), St. Eustatius (I), St. Kitts (I), Montserrat (I), Guadeloupe (I), Martinique (I), St. Vincent (I), Barbados (I)), Venezuela (I), Brazil (I), Honduras (I), El Salvador (I), Bolivia (I), Colombia (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I), New Caledonia (I), Fiji (I), American Samoa (I) (Manua Isl. (I)), Cook Isl. (I) (Rarotonga (I)), Marshall Isl. (I) (Kwajalein (I)), Palau Isl. (I) (Koror (I), Pohnpei (I)), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I), Tahaa (I), Raiatea (I)), Southern Marianas (I) (Guam (I)), Tonga (I), Rotuma Isl. (I), Marquesas Isl. (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Indiana (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Maryland (I), Mississippi (I), North Carolina (I), South Carolina (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Virginia (I)), Tajikistan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Croatia (c) as per Catalogue of life;
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bonnet flower, common crape-myrtle, crape myrtle, crepe myrtle, Indian lilac • Hindi: सावनी saoni • Marathi: चीनमेंधी chinamendhi, विलायती मेंधी vilayati mendhi • Tamil: சீனப்பூ chinappu, pavalakkurinji • Telugu: చీనాగోరంట chinagoranta;
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L. indica is usually a shrub less than 4 m tall, whereas L. speciosa is a tree up to 8 m tall; leaves of former are almost sessile (petiole barely 0.5 mm), shorter rarely exceeding 7 cm whereas in latter petiole is 5-9 mm long and leaves 8-17 cm long; Hypanthium in former is 4-7 mm long not ribbed, in latter 8-10 mm long and 12-ribbed.; calyx erect in fruit in former, spreading in latter; petals are hardly 16-25 mm long in former, 32-35 mm long in latter; capsule 10-12 mm in diam in former, 17-20 mm in latter
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Flora of Haryana: Lagerstroemia indica from GN Khalsa College Karnal:
striking White : Lagerstroemia indica: Species : Lagerstroemia indica (L.) Pers.
Habit & Habitat : shrub, railway platform
Date : 12-05-12, 4.03 p.m.
Place : Shibaichandi Rly. Stn. (Hooghly)
Thanks for sharing these nice photographs. Pink variety is also grown here . I also have the pink variety in my archive and would share whenever i find the same (untidiness is my identifying character :).
Lagerstroemia indica (pink): Species : Lagerstroemia indica (L.) Pers.
Habit & Habitat : shrub, garden
Date : 21-05-12, 12.19 p.m.
Place : Gobra (Hooghly)
ID help : 1) http://www.pssc.ttu.edu/techhort/plantid/crape/crapemyr.htm
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagerstroemia_indica
efloraofindia:”For Id 08062012MR1’’ shrub with light pink flowers at Pune.Is this Malpighia emarginata?: no…. not barbados cherry… i have one barbados cherry in my balcony….. will upload some pictures of the flowers from last season when I get a chance.. but iiiin the mean time if you want to compare your leaves, … has a thread on barbados cherry…in indiatreepix… yes this is Lagerstomia indica ,(महाराष्ट्र वृक्ष ) Negative. Jarul / Taman [Lagerstroemia speciosa] is the State Flower of Maharashtra. Mango [Mangifera indica] is the State Tree of Maharashtra. Please refer to my mail titled :
Re: [efloraofindia:114434] Is this Lagerstroemia speciosa
dated 23rd April 2012 where… has corrected me on this. Thanks … for reminding about the state trees… looking up the list for West Bengal.. i found that Flowers of india dot net has a list… at url: http://www.flowersofindia.net/misc/state_flora.html
Lagerstroemia indica Sikkim: Lagerstroemia indica is in full bloom almost every where in east and south Sikkim.
For ID 100513GK : Attachments (3). 2 posts by 2 authors.
Kindly help in identification
A woody shrub of about 5-7ft, found near railway line at Solapur, Maharshtra.
Pictures taken on 22Sep, 2012, 7am Lagerstroemia indica
Family : Lythraceae
Requesting ID of this Lagerstroemia – Mumbai :05072013 : ARK-01 : September 2012 : Attachments (3). 3 posts by 2 authors. lagerstroemia indica
Lagerstroemia – 2 – 310713 – RK : Attachments (1). 7 posts by 3 authors.
Resembles our Pride of India. Please excuse image quality. Pics taken on 03/07/2013 at 7 pm. What is the height of the plant. Is it a shrub or a tree? To me it looks like a shrub. This is a young tree – about 8′ in height. To me it looks like Lagerstroemia indica. Lagerstroemia indica is a very common ornamental in Bay area California. Thank you, … for providing the species ID.
Lagerstroemia – 1 – California – 200713 – RK : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 3 authors. I hope Lagerostroemia indica. White flowered variety. Thank you … for possible species ID. efi page on Lagerstroemia indica
SL 30 141113 : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Seems to be Lagerstroemia indica L.
Lagerstroemia For ID : California : 28FEB15 : AK-30 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2) Should be Lagerstroemia indica
Lagerstroemia sp.? ABJUL01/18 : 5 posts by 3 authors. 5 images.
Yesterday visiting a nearby institute, I saw this cultivated tree growing in the compound.
I think it is a Lagerstroemia but could of course be wrong. Please advise.
Lagerstroemia sp.?
Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP
1800m
21 July 2015. Very interesting.
Pl. check Lagerstroemia indica
But Lagerstroemia indica is a woody shrub. It seems to have become a big tree with multiple stems.
Is it a very-2 old plantation ? Thank you … It was a medium size tree and appears to be L. indica. I am not sure if it is an old specimen but I will ask someone at the institute. Will share if I receive any information on this.
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 934 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Common Mormon visiting flowers of Lagerstroemia indica alba. (CREPE MYRTLE).
Fwd: SYMBIOSIS : 935 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Psyche butterfly visiting flowers of Lagerstroemia indica (CREPE MYRTLE).
ID- Srinagar garhwal region of uttarakhand 8-9-18 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
crepe myrtle, may be. the picture is out of focus. send a better picture or close ups of the flowers
lagerstroemia indica ! Please be informed that the pictures are of bad quality. Please post better pictures for ID
SYMBIOSIS : 1293 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Carpenter bee visiting flowers of Lagerstroemia indica (crape Myrtle)            
For ID240810 b ET – efloraofindia | Google Groups
August2015sk01/01 — Lagerstroemia cultivar : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8)
Plant height : 5.5 ft; entirely glabrous to pubescent Stem diam. at base : around 1 inch
Leaf : 11 x 4.2 cm or less; sub-sessile, almost all acute tipped; glabrous (to pubescent) on both side; abaxially light green; lateral veins 10 pairs or less
Flower : 6-7 cm across; floral tube 1.2 cm, 6 merous, 6 ribbed; epicalyx absent; petal around 2.5 cm including claw
Capsule : not seen
Possibility : a cultivar close to L. indica L., maybe a certain hybrid similar to Researchgate link
Please provide your view
Pictures were recorded yesterday except the last one (today). I think it is L. indica “Lancastrii”. Thank you Madam, couldn’t find anything on L. indica “Lancastrii” in google-search. This is neither L. indica nor L. speciosa. I do not know what this species can be. Lagerstroemia species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net)
This small tree is growing in my home. It doesn’t fruit usually. But today I noticed three there – attached here the pictures of the fruit and seeds. I think it is L. indica L. Also attached herewith old pictures for your perusal.
Fruit and seed can be compared with the pictures at –
Additional 2 images.
May I request you to pl. post the habit image.
Here are the pictures, taken today. But nothing much can be seen now. Please wait until new foliage grows again.
New foliage appears Sir, on this small tree. . Regarding identification of the species collected from Khurda Odisha on May 24: 3 high res. images. Lagerstroemia I think it should be
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/11/lagerstroemia-indica/ . References:
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