Introduction of Lagerstroemia yunnanensis

Lagerstroemia intermedia, Lagerstroemia yunnanensis, is a big tree of Lagerstroemia in Litchi family, with a height of12m and no hair except inflorescence. Branches are cylindrical; The bud is oval. Leaves nearly opposite, papery to thin leathery, oval or oblong-oval, sparse oval-obovate, short and tapering roots and tips, nearly round base, green top, light green bottom, concave midvein, raised bottom, round anthers, and wide oval connective; Ovary glabrous, 6-loculed. Capsule subglobose, about 2 cm in diameter, rough, 6-lobed. Flowers bloom in May. 1 bark used as medicine. Peeled bark collected in summer and autumn is listed as a national third-class protected plant. 2 pictures taken from Baidu Pictures 3 China Botanical Museum.