Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.

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Timber used for ships building and furniture.

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Distribution:

"Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Tamil Nadu: All districts"

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Distribution:

Kerala: All districts

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Distribution:

Distribution: Assam and South India. Cultivated elsewhere.

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Distribution:

Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaysia, sometimes planted.

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Morphology:

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Field Tips

Bark smooth, usually grey, wood light red and hard.

Flower

In terminal panicles, mauve. Flowering from April-June.

Fruit

A capsule, ellipsoid or sub globose, minutely apiculate. Seeds winged, pale brown. Fruiting from June onwards.

Leaf Apices

Sub acute

Leaf arrangement

Decussate

Leaf Bases

Rounded

Leaf Margins

Entire

Leaf Shapes

Lanceolate

Leaf Types

Simple

Habit

A large sized deciduous tree.

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Description:

Tree, 7 m or more tall. Leaves oval or elliptic, obtuse or acutish, 8.2-15.2 cm long, 3.3-7.1 cm broad, petiole 5-9 mm long. Panicles 14-35.5 cm long. Hypanthium 8-10 mm long, 11-13 mm broad, 12-ribbed, tomentose. Epicalyx minute, thick. Sepals 7-8 mm long, 4.5-5 mm broad, in fruit spreading, woody. Petals 3.2-3.5 cm long, 2.1-2.5 cm broad, claw 5-6 mm. Ovary 6 mm in diameter. Capsule 1.7-2 cm in diameter, rugose.

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Elevation Range:

1300 m

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Diagnostic:

Habit: Medium tree

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Diagnostic:

Habit: Tree

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