Morphological characteristics of Lagerstroemia microphylla

Deciduous trees, 10 ~ 20m high; The dry height is 3 ~ 5m and the diameter is 0.3 ~ 0.5m；: Young branches have four edges, and then become cylindrical, with hairless or hairless tips, swollen nodes, and sometimes branchlets cluster into bundles at nodes.

Bud length 1 ~ 1.5 mm, leathery leaves, opposite, oval or broadly lanceolate, flowering period 1.3 ~ 0.4 ~ 4 cm, width 0.4 ~ 4 cm, fruit period 7 ~ 8.5 cm, width 3 ~ 4 cm, base nearly round and short tip. Racemes, axillary or terminal; Pedicel length 3 ~ 7 mm; The number of flowers is 6, and the sepals are extremely spreading, equal to or longer than calyx tube1/3; Petals are white, square to round, thin oval, 5 ~ 6 mm long, clawed, 1 ~ 2 mm long; 26 ~ 49 stamens, 3 ~ 6 attached to calyx tube. The main color is lavender.

The capsule is black and rectangular, with a length of15 ~ 20mm and a diameter of10 ~14mm. The result period is July.