What variety is Lagerstroemia speciosa?

Lagerstroemia speciosa, also known as Lagerstroemia speciosa, is a big tree of Lagerstroemia in Litchi family. The flowering period is from May to July, and now it is often used for garden cultivation and appreciation. Because the wood of Lagerstroemia speciosa is hard and corrosion-resistant, it is also used as a material in water for a long time, which has high economic value.

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Lagerstroemia speciosa is a tree with a height of 25 meters. Bark gray and smooth; Columnar, glabrous or slightly covered with furry hairs. Leaves leathery, oblong or oval, sparsely lanceolate, very large, long 10-25 cm, wide 6- 12 cm, blunt or short at the top, wide wedge-shaped to round at the base, hairless on both sides, 9- 17 pairs of lateral veins, and connected leaves. Petiole is 6- 15mm long and stout. Flowers are reddish or purple, 5 cm in diameter, and the terminal panicle is 15-25 cm long, sometimes up to 46 cm; Pedicel length 1- 1.5 cm, floral axis, pedicel and calyx are covered with brown bran-like dense felt hairs; Calyx with 12 edge, hairy, ca. 13 mm, 6-lobed, with triangular lobes, downward curved, hairless inside and scaly appendages; 6 petals, suborbicular to oblong obovate, 2.5-3.5 cm long, hardly shriveled, with short claws, about 5 mm long; Stamens are numerous, reaching100-200; Ovary spherical, 4-6-loculed, glabrous, style 2-3 cm long. Capsule spherical to obovate oblong, 2-3.8 cm long, about 2 cm in diameter, brownish gray, 6-lobed; There are many seeds, which are 10- 15 mm long.

Chinese name: Lagerstroemia speciosa

Latin scientific name: Lagerstroemia speciosa.

Nicknames: Lagerstroemia speciosa, Centennial Red, Barnabas, Wulixiang, Honghuihua, Centennial Red, Buddha Tears.

Field: the field of plants

Phylum: Angiosperm phylum

Category: Dicotyledonous plants

Subclass: primitive perianth subclass

Target: Myrtle (details)

Family: Lysimachiaceae.

Genus: Lagerstroemia indica

Type: Lagerstroemia speciosa

Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Philippines, China.