Morphological characteristics of Lagerstroemia indica in Fujian

Shrubs or small trees, about 4 meters high; Branchlets are cylindrical, densely grayish yellow pilose, and later fall off into brown smoothness. Leaves alternate to nearly opposite, leathery to nearly leathery, short or acute at the top, short or round at the base, smooth or sparsely pubescent at the top, densely pilose at the bottom along midvein, lateral vein and reticular vein, with lateral vein about 10- 17 pairs, and obvious transverse veinlets in the middle; Petiole 2-5 mm long, densely pilose. Flowers are terminal panicles, floral axis and pedicels are densely pilose; Bracts linear, ca. 4 mm long; Calyx tube cup-shaped, about 6 mm in diameter, with obvious margin of 12, densely pilose outside, especially at the margin, 5-6-lobed, lobes oblong-lanceolate or triangular, tail tip, 3-3.5 mm long and hairless inside; Appendices are as many as calyx lobes, alternate, born outside calyx tube, kidney-shaped, sometimes 2-6-lobed; Petals red to purple, ovoid, wrinkled, with a 6 mm long stalk; Stamens attached to calyx, about 65438 00 mm long, about 35 short, filaments about 7 mm long; Ovary oval, glabrous, style about 13- 18 mm long. The capsule is ovoid, round at the top, 8- 12 mm long and 5-8 mm wide, brown and bright, with shallow grooves, about 1/4 surrounded by persistent calyx, with 4-5 lobes; The wings of seeds are 8 mm long. The flowering period is May-June and the fruiting period is July-August.