What is the purple flower of Zhonghua Road in Nanning?

Lagerstroemia speciosa?

Scientific name:

Ziwei? speciosa？ (l .)？ Pers。 ?

Kirby:? Lysimachiaceae?

Introduction:? The plant height is about 5 ~ 12 meters, the leaves are opposite, oblong or oval, and the apex is sharp and complete. Flowering from May to August in summer, terminal, panicle, six petals, large corolla, purple or purplish red, petals wrinkled; Capsule round, mature brown; When in full bloom, it is soft and gorgeous, extremely excellent, and it is an advanced tree species for garden shade trees and street trees.

Lagerstroemia speciosa is native to India, China and Australia. Now they are mainly distributed in India, Sri Lanka, Australia, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and China's Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places.