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This is crape myrtle

Lagerstroemia indica, alias Jingershu, Hundred Days Red, Full House Red and Pruritus Tree. It is a dicotyledonous plant of Lagerstroemia of Lysimachiaceae. Of southern Asia and northern Australia. It is distributed in East China, Central China, South China and Southwest China, and widely cultivated in various places. Lagerstroemia indica has beautiful posture, smooth trunk and bright colors; When the flowers bloom, it happens to be the summer and autumn season, and the flowering period is extremely long, from June to September, so it is known as "Hundred Days Red" and has the reputation of "summer green covers the eyes and this flower is full of red eyes". It is a good bonsai for ornamental flowers, stems and roots. Wei Zi is also the city flower of Jincheng.

Like light, slightly resistant to shade; Like warm climate, cold tolerance is not strong; I like fertile, moist and well-drained calcareous soil, and I am drought-tolerant and afraid of waterlogging. Strong germination, slow growth and long life.

Belongs to deciduous shrubs or small trees. It is cultivated artificially in Weiziji, Jiangsu Province, with a large number. Lagerstroemia indica is a small tree, sometimes shrubby, 3 ~ 7 meters high; The bark falls off easily and the trunk is smooth. The young branches are slightly quadrangular and slightly winged. Leaves alternate or opposite, subsessile; Oval, obovate or oblong, 3 ~ 7 cm long and 2.5 ~ 4 cm wide, smooth and hairless or hairy along the main vein. Panicle terminal, 4 ~ 20 cm long; The flower diameter is 2.5 ~ 3 cm; Calyx 6-lobed, lobes ovate, smooth outside; Petals 6, red or pink, with irregular notches at the edge and long claws at the base; Stamens 36 ~ 42, outer 6 filaments longer; Ovary 6-loculed. The capsule is oval and spherical, 9 ~ 13mm long and 8 ~1mm wide, with 6 petals. Seeds have wings. The flowering period is from June to September, and the fruiting period is from July to September. The older the trunk, the brighter it gets. When touched by hand, the whole plant will tremble slightly, so it is also called Jinger tree and pruritus tree.