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Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers., Syn. Pl. 2: 72 1806. (Syn. Adambea glabra Lam.; Adambea hirsuta Lam.; Lagerstroemia augusta Wall. [Invalid]; Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.; Lagerstroemia hirsuta (Lam.) Willd.; Lagerstroemia macrocarpa Wall. [Invalid]; Lagerstroemia major Retz.; Lagerstroemia munchausia Willd.; Lagerstroemia plicifolia Stokes; Lagerstroemia reginae Roxb.; Munchausia ovata J.St.-Hil. (Unresolved); Munchausia speciosa L.; Murtughas hirsuta (Lam.) Kuntze; Sotularia malabarica Raf. (unresolved));
. The tree exudes a resin. The wood is used in India for boats, canoes etc. Also has medicinal properties;
Incidentally the dry fruits are used in dry flower arrangement and sold in big cities;
. la-ger-STROO-mee-uh — named for Magnus von Lagerström, Swedish naturalist … Dave’s Botanary spee-see-OH-suh — showy or spectacular … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: giant crape-myrtle, pride of India, queen’s crape-myrtle, queen’s flower • Assamese: আজাৰ ajara • Bengali: জারুল jarul • Gujarati: જારૂલ jarul, મોટો ભોંડારો moto bhondaro, તામન taman • Hindi: जारल jaral, जरुल jarul • Kannada: ಹೊಳೆ ದಾಸವಾಳ hole dasavala, ಹೊಳೆದಚಳ್ಳ holedachalla, ಮರುವಾಚಲುಮರ maruvachalumara, ನಂದಿ nandi • Konkani: सोटुलारी sotulari • Malayalam: അടന്പു adambu, മണിമരുത് manimaruth, പൂമരുത് puumaruth • Manipuri: jarol • Marathi: जारूळ jarul, मोठा बोंडारा motha bondara, ताम्हण tamhan • Mizo: chawn-pui, thla-do • Sanskrit: क्रमुक kramuka • Tamil: கதலி kadali, பூமருது pu-marutu • Telugu: చెన్నంగి chennangi, సొగసులచెట్టు sogasulachettu, వారగోగు varagogu • Tulu: ಚಳ್ಳ challa • Urdu: جرول jarul . Native to: India . 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 .
Bark smooth in speciosa and deeply cracked in tomemtosa
Leaves elliptic, petiolate in speciosa and lanceolate, sessile in tomentosa; glabrous beneath in speciosa and tomentose in tomentosa.
Calyx lobes shorter than tube in speciosa and longer than tube in tomentosa.
Calyx not ribbed in speciosa and 12 ribbed in tomentosa.
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Lagerstroemia speciosa (Giant Crape-myrtle, Queen’s Crape-myrtle, Banabá Plant for Philippines, or Pride of India[2]) is a species of Lagerstroemia native to tropical southern Asia. It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 20 metres (66 ft) tall, with smooth, flaky bark. The leaves are deciduous, oval to elliptic, 8–15 cm (3.1–5.9 in) long and 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) broad, with an acute apex. The flowers are produced in erect panicles 20–40 cm (7.9–16 in) long, each flower with six white to purple petals 2–3.5 cm (0.79–1.4 in) long.
It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in tropical and subtropical areas.
(From Wikipedia on 31.7.13) .
Lagerstroemia thorellii For Validation : Mumbai : 22AUG15 : AK-44 : 44/44 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
A small, cultivated tree seen in Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai. Kindly validate. Lagerstroemia speciosa Thanks for correcting me.
TSPNOV2015-83-126: Images of Lagerstroemia speciosa (Lythraceae) : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (6)
It is my pleasure to share few images of Lagerstroemia speciosa (Lythraceae) Habit: Medium size deciduous tree. Habitat: Cultivated, Avenue Planting Sighting: Chikmagalur and Tumkur, Karnataka, about 1000 msl and 800 msl respectively. Date: 24-05-2014, 15-06-2014 and 18-03-2015
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Attaching an image of an Alexadrine Parakeet on the fruits of Lagerstroemia speciosa. I have not seen this bird eating fleshy fruits or figs. I have seen it on Teminalia chebula and Terminalia arjun. May be because of its stronger beak (in comparison to Rosering Parakeet) it prefers fruit which are difficult to penetrate.
had planted this as Lagerstroemia reginae or Taman in marathi. But bloom tells me that its something else.
Pl id this.
It is the same…let it bloom fully..
Yes, Lagerstroemia only. Species to be determined. I think Lagerstroemia speciosa (syn: Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.) as per images herein.
Thank you … Here is the first pic I received. Will post more pics when I visit the place.
We did tree plantation in a school with kids in Jan 2017, and first year itself its bloomed now.
Thanks for everyone’s help.
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Attaching a collage of Alexandrine Parakeet feeding on the fruits of Lagerstroemia speciosa (JARUL). I have recorded this bird feeding on fruits of Teminalia chebula, Terminalia arjun and Lagerstroemia speciosa.
But I have not seen Rose-ring Parakeet feeding on these fruits.
And I have not seen Alexandrine Parakeet feeding on the fruits which are relished by Rose-ring Parakeet.
[efloraofindia:34589] Pink flower – ID : 13 posts by 10 authors. Attachments (1)
What is the botanical and common name of this tree please? Is there another species with similar flowers in purple? My guess is Lagerstroemia indica (Lythraceae) Yes… Lagerstroemia indica. Incidently I saw the same colour in Lagerstroemia speciosa in our area, but of course that is a much taller plant with larger different leaves. I am also with that. Lagerstroemia indica is a shrub with alternate leaves. Why is it that the general population in this country are better at naming plants than bird or mammal species? Is it to do with economics? I find it frustrating that people in my town, (Panchkula) cannot name more than 6 bird species in their own language and cannot differentiate between leopards and cheetahs!!!! … my thought: to name a body or thing is to identify with, rather than without. When we know a person by name we feel more familiarity or attachment than just he or she in the mind. Same way i feel if we know the names of plants and animals we feel or have more attachment for them. Say when i go outstation and see a sparrow still i feel ha it is the same as Thane, or a kingfisher or even some star in the sky. And then we are happy to have a same campanion as of our residence.
But for this i feel that our parents, Grandparents, friends do talk with us related to flora or fauna right from childhood. Not in scientific language but in common language. Or we are curious enough to ask about it.
I feel names are present in all language, what is laking is our knowledge about it. I feel that it is our resposibility too to make the people aware about it by giving lectures, or writing articles, arranging naturewalks, going to scholl and talking with kids etc. I too think Lagerstroemia with pink flowers is L. thorelii. Yes, Lagerstroemia thorellii … oversaw the size of flowers … not L. indica. Yes … distinctly ribbed calyx and much shorter petal claw (L. indica almost as long or longer than limb), and distinct petiole (L. indica not more than 1 mm). An important feature of L. thorelli is also flowers fading or mottled with white. Here we can see this only in one or two flowers. As per Trees of Delhi (2005), Lagerstroemia thorellii is misaapplied in India for Lagerstroemia speciosa – from me. L. reginae Roxb. is also a syn. of Lagerstroemia speciosa
Plant for ID: I bought this plant (2 photos of same plant of last yr and this yr) as Lagerstroemia speciosa (Taman) from local nursery in Mumbai. However it is not like L.speciosa which has much bigger leaves and spreading branches. It is neither like L.indicus which has smaller leaves than this specimen.
This plant has more close knit branchlets, smaller leaves and smooth ash stem. It is decidous.
Can you help identify this species plss… This is Lagerstroemia thorelli – an exotic, a native of Brazil. Please check these links for my photographs and our previous discussion on this. are you sure … ? then thank you very much for your ID great, I wish you well and hope you get tonnes of flowers As per Trees of Delhi (2005), Lagerstroemia thorellii is misaapplied in India for Lagerstroemia speciosa
Flowers of Lagerstroemia indica: Posting flowers of Lagerstroemia indica L. Photographed on 24th July, 2011 in Besant Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Small to medium sized garden tree. Had you given the size of flowers, it would have been easy to confirm the ID. They appear to be about 6 cm wide and would be L. reginae. The other sp. L. indica has flowers about 2 cm only, petals are clawed and they are in dense panicles. it may be Lagerstroemia indica L pls give a complete twing photo clearly showing leaves and infloresence. I think it is Lagerstroemia flos-reginae. Agree with … These seem to be the flowers of L.speciosa. Sending my photographs L.speciosa flowers for comparison in a separate mail. Looks like I was mistakenly placing too much emphasis on flower size and density of flowers on the flowering panicle. Superficially it looked quite different from L. speciosa I had photographed earlier in Adyar Theosophical Society Gardens. Thank you and others for correcting me. Am attaching the photograph which I had earlier identified as L. speciosa to this mail.
Lagerstroemia speciosa flowers: Photographed at my farm at Shahapur in May this year. This plant is called “Jharul“. state flower of maharashtra
Lagerstroemia speciosa fruiting: Sending a few of my photographs of the fruit of Lagerstroemia speciosa / L.flos-regina / Jarul / Taman. They were taken at my farm 2 weeks ago.
Flora of Haryana: Lagerstroemia speciosa from NDRI Campus Karnal: Lagerstroemia speciosa
Avenue tree from roadside area in NDRI campus karnal
Lagerstroemia for ID : 090811 : AK-2: Taken at Jijamata Udyan, Mumbai on 8/7/08.
A small tree with two colored flowers.
Lagerstroemia speciosa: Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_09082011 PJ2. Date/Time-: 25/05/11 – 10:00
Location- Place, Altitude – Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 mtrs
Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree Height/Length- 12m Yes this is Lagerstroemia speciosa (Family: Lythraceae) 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.
Lagerstroemia for ID : Oman : 090811 : AK-3: This also looks like Lagerstroemia speciosa. L.indica is generally called Crepe Myrtle. Yes this is L speciosa a very common avenue tree in Kolkata The Queen’s Flower tree / Pride of India / Crepe flower tree – Lagerstroemoia flos-regina is a synonym of L.speciosa locally called Taman / Jarul is also the state tree of Maharashtra. The Crepe Myrtle tree – Lagerstroemia indica is an exotic, a native of China.
ID 300911 SB02: From Mumbai No not a Mangrove at all..100% sure of it. Taken from a forest area of SGNP. What is the size of the fruits? the fruit was about >1.5 – 2 cm. … Lagerstroemia speciosa … the State Flower of Maharashtra. Yes, Named after Magnus Lagerstroem, friend of Linnaeus.
Tree ID- Is this Pride of India?: Date:01/04/2012. Location: Cox Town, Bangalore Looks like Lagerstoemia speciosa to me. I imagine why they call it pride of India. This should an exotic plant. Yes indeed it is- the local name is jarul I think. Just. 1 week after I took this photo, the purple flowers are blooming 🙂 Yes. Looks like Lagerstoemia speciosa ( syn. Lagerstroemia flos reginae, ) only. I am sending the photographs from Mysore city in a separate mail. The tree is in full bloom in various parts of this city. . ID No. 100412 MS 93-Lagerstroemia speciosa, syn. Lagerstroemia flos reginae,: JARUL / JAROOL in Bengali.
fruit : Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. from Hooghly: Attaching fruits / capsules of Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. But i regret that i have no seed pics. Species : Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. (syn. Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.)
Bengali name : JAROOL / JARUL
Date : 15-03-2012, 10.00 a.m.
Place : Gobra (Hooghly), WB
Lagerstroemia sp. ID from Hooghly 19-04-12 SK-3: Found this Lagerstroemia sp. bloomimg with all its glory. I think it is Lagerstroemia speciosa, but these flowers are more violet (& less pink) than my earlier records in 2009. My questions are –
1) What are the differences between L. speciosa & L. indica ?
2) Is there any other species that looks like L. speciosa ?
Species : Lagersroemia sp.
Habit & Habitat : tree, about 20-25 ft., roadside plantation
Date : 17-04-2012, 18-04-2012
Place : Krishnarampur (Hooghly), WB Affirmative. This is Lagerstroemia speciosa [L. flos-regina] locally called Jarul / Taman. The other species that can be confused with this is L. thorelli – a native of Brazil.
Is this Lagerstroemia speciosa: First time in life, I have tried to identify a tree and I think I have got Affirmative. This is Lagerstroemia speciosa [L.flos-regina] locally called Jarul / Taman. Its also called the Queen of Flowers / Pride of India and is the State Tree of Maharashtra. … small correction: jarul / taman is the State Flower, amba (mango) is the State Tree of Maharashtra. Conceded. Thanks … My ‘Armed Jarul Tree’ [please refer to my previous posts on this] was also flowering yesterday. Sending a few photographs.
the road i commute daily in Hooghly, WB: 2 correct images as above.
Sharing images of KRISHNACHURA, RADHACHURA and JARUL (JAROOL).
Species :
1. KRISHNACHURA – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delonix_regia
2. RADHACHURA – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peltophorum_pterocarpum
Habit & Habitat : tree, roadside
Date : 26-04-2012, 10.10 a.m.
Place : Gobra (Hooghly), WB Lagerstroemia speciosa from Trivandrum: A few pictures of Lagerstroemia speciosa (Family: Lythraceae) from Trivandrum city.
A common ornamental tree. Just thought of sharing the beautiful flowers and buds that caught my attention while walking in the city. Beautiful shots, we have them too here, in West Bengal. Beautiful photographs. These are very common in Mysore city also. Common name : Pride of India. State flower of Maharashtra.
Lagerstroemia: can u guide me for the difference between Lagerstroemia tomentosa and Legerstreomia microcarpa. i am a bit confused as according to me the flowers in both the cases is white however i think there is a substantial differene in the bark. i am attaching photographs of both the plants one named Lag tom is surely (i suppose) Lagerstroemia tomentosa and the other, named Lag mic, with a different kind of bark but almost similar fruits is Lagerstroemia microcarpa ?
fruit : Lagerstroemia speciosa from Alipore: Attaching fruit images of Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Species : Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Habit & Habitat : tree, garden, roadside
Date : 25-05-12, 1.48 p.m.
Place : The Agri-Horticultural Society of India, Alipore (KOLKATA)
Is this Lagerstroemia speciosa ?- Flora of Madhya Pradesh: This shrub was photographed at a garden at Betul, MP on 12 th dec 11. Affirmative. The local name is Jarul / Taman. My photographs of this are available in the archives of this group.
Today, it is the ‘Queen of Flowers’ as has been described in the book, ‘Some Beautiful Indian Trees’ by Ethelbert Blatter & Walter Samuel Millard (BNHS, 1977).
Plant – Lagerstroemia speciosa
Date/Time- 09/04/2009 @ 10.01 A.M.
Location- Place, Altitude, GPS- Gobra (Hooghly District), West Bengal (lat 22.690527383783994N, long 88.27815055847168E)
Habitat- Roadside plantation
Plant Habit- Tree
Height- 20 ft. approx.
Leaves Type- oblong, lance-shaped
Inflorescence Type- “…a foot in length springing from the branch as an upstanding spike”
Flowers Colour- pink
Fruits Type/ Shape- fruits are globular
seeds- pale brown
Other Information like Fragrance, Pollinator, Uses etc.- The tree exudes a resin. The wood is used in India for boats, canoes etc. Also has medicinal properties.
Info source : Book – ‘Some Beautiful Indian Trees’ by Ethelbert Blatter & Walter Samuel Millard (BNHS, 1977 edition)
Sharing the images of Lagerstroemia speciosa from Coimbatore: Sharing the images of Lagerstroemia speciosa from NBNP, Anaikatti, Coimbatore. Yes very beautiful tree, Lagerstroemia speciosa (Linn.) Pers. is state flower tree of Maharashtra. The tree was named by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century for his plant lover friend the Swedish merchant Mannus von Lagerstrom..
Flora picture of the year 2012 – Sandhya Sasidharan: A picture of a Lagerstroemia speciosa tree, nothing rare or spectacular but a tree close to my heart. It was photographed last April from the Trivandrum Public Library compound
and I had posted its flowers and buds. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/JFSkf9AaLpg
This tree perhaps as old as the library always was a beautiful and green presence.
But sadly when I went to the library yesterday I found the tree gone.
Hadn’t been to the library for the past two months and didn’t know that the old friend had fallen.
All I could see was the fallen tree chopped up in a pile. But from the base of the fallen trunk new shoots had sprung up, like flames of hope. I chose this picture as the flora picture of the year 2012 as a tribute to this tree friend. Also remembering that even the things we deem common have so much beauty, enriching our lives.They too are disappearing fast…
Wishing that in 2013 this Earth of ours will be a lot more greener, beautiful and peaceful. Let us all put in our best for this green pursuit. Very beautiful and touching flora pic … yes. when a much loved tree dies or is felled, it feels so sad… but like you said the sprouts are the new hope Why nothing spectacular. It is spectacular. Aptly the flower of this tree has been selected as the State flower of Maharashtra. Nice story associated with a beautiful tree. I have added this to Flora Picture 2012
SYMBIOSIS: Attaching an imge on symbiosis, in which an Alexandrine Parakeet is feeding on the fruits of Lagerstroemia speciosa (syn Lagerstroemia flosreginae), commonlly known as Queen’s Flower. This plant is known as Jarul in Hindi and Bangla. Incidentally the dry fruits are used in dry flower arrangement and sold in big cities.
lagerstroemia speciosa, chandigarh : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author. one of the commoner trees in chandigarh
07072013 ASP 87 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors.
Please ID this tree with fruits. Photo was taken in Sri Lanka in March 2013. Could this be Cestrum? Not Cestrum..this can be Lagerstroemia speciosa Yes, I agree. Lagerstroemia speciosa
efloraofindia:”For Id 26072013MR1’’ is this tree Lagerstroemia speciosa at Pune : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 2 authors.
July 2013 off Pune -Satara road
requesting identification of a small road side tree. There were 4-5 such trees. the trees were full of buds and very few open pink-lavender flowers. Sorry the road was very crowded and could not get any close up images
is this Lagerstroemia speciosa? Id help the post where … has explained the differentiating features of L. indica and L. speciosa
Affirmative. This is the Queen’s Flower [L.speciosa]. Please check the archives of this group for my photographs of this. Please check these three links Many thanks for validating the Id and providing the links. extremely beautiful pictures of the flowers, fruits and the flowering tree. I wish I travel on the same road in near future and get to see the beautiful flowers from near
Help with ID please. Clicked at Bangalore. This is the Queen’s Flower [Lagerstroemia speciosa].
Lagerstroemia saplings : Attachments (5). 2 posts by 2 authors.
I ordered these (enclosed pics) saplings as Lagerstroemia lanceolata (Nana as called locally in Marathi).
However, I presume these are not L.lanceolata which have much smaller and rounder leaves.
Can you confirm if these are L.speciosa (Taman) or other spp ? This looks like Jarul / Taman [L.speciosa] to me too. A close-up of the leaves would help.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers from Assam : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8).
Attached images are Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers .
Date :04.06.2014
Location: Assam
Family : Lythraceae
Genus & species : Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers
Habitat: Grows wild on Hill slopes.
Habit : Tree Yes, a beautiful tree to watch when in flowering. It is blooming nowadays here in Pantnagar.
Tree for ID x : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (8).
Tree found on the outskirts of
BangaloreJune 21st Probably some species of Lagerstroemia? Can it be narrowed down further without fully open flowers, sir? The tree is Lagerstroemia speciosa itself. Names of Plants in India :: Gujarati name of Lagerstroemia speciosa : 4 posts by 3 authors.
Will be glad to know the name in Gujarati for Lagerstroemia speciosa. three names are seen… મોટો ભોંડારો [Moto Bhondaro], જારૂલ [Jarul], and તામન [Taman] have all been used in the absence of an original Gujarati name for L. speciosa. Being a cultivated import in Gujarat, these names have been adopted from the native names of this tree in other vernacular languages. The latter, when written as તામણ, is also a familiar synonym of ધામણ [Dhaman] – Grewia tiliifolia. The natural occurrence of such an iconic tree tends to be eclipsed by its widespread cultivation; it would be pertinent to remember its natural distribution in this context.
“The tree is indigenous to the Western Ghats from about Belgaum southwards through North and South Kanara to Malabar and Travancore, in evergreen forests, especially in the neighbourhood of rivers and streams. It is also found in Ceylon, Burma and eastwards to the Malay Peninsula, Australia and northwards to China.” – H. Santapau, Common Trees, 1966. Thank you very much … for the names, and the excellent elaboration. Especially about its use as ornamental / avenue tree almost all over country, it always made me wonder about range of distribution in India. Its flower is designated as State Flower of Maharashtra – the state government must have done this choice based on some good reasoning. Thanks very much, … for your inputs too; they help.
Names of Plants in India :: Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. : 7 posts by 3 authors.
The flower of “Pride of India” is the State Flower of Maharashtra (tamhan, Marathi: ताम्हण).
botanical names: Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. … synonyms: Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz. • Munchausia speciosa L. (basionym) …NPGS / GRIN Very beautiful as always.. In the book “Plant Resources of Western Ghats and Lowlands of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District” (by BV Shetty, KM Kaveriappa & KG Bhat), there are two more names for this tree – “chella” and “nandi” – in addition to “hole daasavala”. Would these be the Tulu names of this tree? They are mentioned simply as “local names” in the book. Thanks very much … for this feed. ENVIS / FRLHT does mention transcribed Kannada names: challa, chella.
I tried all sorts of permutation / combination of cha / che + lla in Kannad script – but was not able to get satisfactory results in Kannad site nor in the dictionaries that I refer – Kannada Kasturi and Rev. Ferdinand Kittel’s.
Since names in Tulu are not mentioned explicitly, I would consider them to be Kannarese.
ನಂದಿ nandi in Kittel‘s dictionary seems to be a generic name (with prefixed descriptors) given to wood of various trees including couple of Lagerstroemia sp. (microcarpa and parviflora).
ENVIS / FRLHT for L. reginae (syn of L. speciosa) lists nandi. I would go with including this “nandi” in my notes.
Thank you very much …
I will re look (search) and revert if I get any lead on challa / chella with help from Kannad folks. The introduction of the book (by Shetty et al.) begins with a description of Tulu Nadu. BV Shetty, a remarkable botanist, is no more. I was given this book last year by his niece, she had spoken about several Tulu names in it during conversation and hence the query. I can only surmise that the book contains a mix of local names in the prevalent regional languages, the dominant being Tulu. An explicit mention about the language of the local names would have been ideal.
Found an old “Tulu-English Dictionary” (1886) by Rev. A. Männer and you might be interested in downloading it from this hyperlink. It contains “the names of about 600 plants” with the following prefatory remark: “About half are taken from ‘Five Hundred Indian Plants’ by C. Stolz, and the others have been obtained in other ways, careful investigation being required in some cases.” [pp. v-vi].
Have attached the screenshots of some relevant portions. There are some entries on challa / challamara / chalimara [pp. 223-224] but they don’t seem to match with L. speciosa.
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Thank you very much … for this response. Local names for plants in South Kanara district by default would be in Kannada, often shared by Tulu, unless has its own distinct name(s). South Kanara district is the native place of Tulu community. A resource like dictionary is a great help to reach to exact words.
I have downloaded the “Tulu-English Dictionary” … though bit slow in rendering pages and search. It is certainly a great help in checking transcribed Kannada / Tulu words.
Yes, could locate ಚಲ್ಳಮರ challamara – meaning, monkey-fruit tree.
ಚಲ್ಳಮರ does not yield any results on search. BUT, since it has an entry in dictionary, I would place confidence on using the name holedachalla appearing in ENVIS/FRLHT for L.speciosa.
ಹೊಳೆ hole = river
ದ da = pertaining
ಚಲ್ಳ challa = some part (most probably fruit) of monkey-fruit tree
thus ಹೊಳೆದಚಲ್ಳ holedachalla
Will include the name for L. speciosa for Kannada. Many thanks … for your continuous support on providing various links / web resources making it easier for me to compile names in regional languages, especially the links to Tulu – English dictionary. In due course, I have gathered few links which help me additionally in getting to Tulu and Kannada names.
ಚೆಲ್ಲ chella OR ಚೆಳ್ಳ chella (Kannada names) … find their entries in a booklet called Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore by S G Narsimhachar [PDF available at the link] … though would not be displaying them in the front list – it is found in a more descriptive name – ಹೊಳೆದಚಳ್ಳ holedachalla.
ಚಳ್ಳ challa … is the Tulu name, found mentioned in one literature Medicinal plants of Tulunadu [PDF] of Shodhaganga database.
Thanks once again, …
Names update:
• Kannada: ಹೊಳೆ ದಾಸವಾಳ hole dasavala, ಹೊಳೆದಚಳ್ಳ holedachalla, ಮರುವಾಚಲುಮರ maruvachalumara, ನಂದಿ nandi
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Attaching an image of a male Alexandrine Parakeet on fruits of Lagerstroemia speciosa (JARUL)
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Right in front of our house here there is a small park. A Lagerstroemia speciosa (JARUL) is visible from the balcony of our house. Yesterday I saw a number of Alexandrine Parakeet enjoying the fruits of this tree. Attaching a collage of that event.
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Right in front of our house here there is a small park. A Lagerstroemia speciosa (JARUL) is visible from the balcony of our house. Yesterday I saw a number of Alexandrine Parakeet enjoying the fruits of this tree. Attaching a collage of that event.
Location : Sentosa , Singapore
Date : 18 October 2012
Altitude 131 m.
Habit : Cultivated
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. ??
To me also appears close to images at Attachments (1) – 6 Mb.
                                    
Cause of these leaf changes in a queen’s crepe myrtle (pride of India) – indiantreepix | Google Groups Lagerostroemia sp. – indiantreepix | Google Groups
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Attaching a collage of Alexandrine parakeet feeding on the fruits of Lagerstroemia speciosa (JARUL) Alexandrian parakeet on Lagerstoemia
I think we should keep this esp. since it shows the fruit capsules, opened up
Lagerstroemia FOR ID – 2 :: Virajpet, Coorg :: 11 NOV 19 : 13 posts by 5 authors. 2 images.
… at a resort in Virajpet, Coorg Date: November 11, 2019 … Altitude: about 910 m (3000 ft) asl
Lagerstroemia ¿ species ? Dear friends, looks close to Putranjiva? But the fruits in first pic and flowers in second pic are of Lagerstroemia. Both pics are of same tree. Sorry, I meant to reply on your other Lagerstroemia post. By mistake replied on this one. Oh, ok, thanks, …
But those fruits are certainly not of Putranjiva, I am sure. its not putranjiva. its a prolifically pollinated flowered inflorescence. hence this cascading fruit bunch. its lagerstomia.
so to see the lagerstomia flower pollinated i one would need to go to virajpet, coorg. nice to remember forgot to say the flowers are seen. lagerstomia I think two different species.
First may be Lagerstroemia microcarpa Wight, while 2nd may be what you stated.
Both pictures are of Lagerstoemia speciosa, I could not find any drooping inflorescence in Lagerstroemia speciosa as per images herein. On further scrutiny, I think … may be right.
But what could be the reason for such drooping inflorescence. Thank you very much … I think the inflorescence starts drooping when fruits develop and mature.
Lagerstroemia speciosa @ Mumbai : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) I maintain all lockdown precautions but take short evening walks.
Today I captured the attached photo on my mobile phone.
One friend jokingly commented that the ‘corona’ was ‘striking’ and the corolla also looked like corona and we laughed.
The resemblence to the virus is so uncanny I thought I’d share the picture of the bloom with you.
This is called wide angle macrophotography, made possible by mobile phone sensors.
The conventional macro lens allows us to take excellent close up photo’s but depth of field is restricted. Here we get a much greater DOF not possible with conventional macro lens.
…, now even specialized wide angle macro lenses are available at reasonable price from Chinese manufacturers.
L F R : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 4 mb.
Looks like Lagerstroemia sp. Could be Lagerstroemia speciosa !
Most likely this may be Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. as per comparative images at Lagerstroemia
Lagerstroema flos reginae : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 4 mb.
Kind friends of this group Please inform if these are correctly identified.
Lagerstroema flos reginae
Why is colour of the younger sapling so much brighter than the grown up tree?
Also check for L.indica. Is the plant grown in the pot or a branch fixed to the soil?
Thank you for your help. The smaller plant is in a pot.
Larger tree has light flowers in my post
It is very surprising. L.flos reginae is a tree. How such a small plant can flower ? Is it a grafted one. Yes sir, it looks as if its a grafted one; Once again the colour shade is so bright. Is that commonly observed? Here I have not seen any grafted varieties. Only saplings raised from seeds are sold in the nursery. They take minimum of 2-4 years to flower. Most likely this may be Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. as per comparative images at Lagerstroemia
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The Plant List GRIN Flora of Pakistan Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post Flowers of India Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons Top Tropicals Dave’s Garden http://www.bangalorewalks.com/musings6.htm |
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