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Lagerstroemia speciosa subsp. Speciosa (L.) Pers.

Tabek

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Queen of flowers
English Tabek
Français Queen of flowers
Italiano Queen of flowers
Suomi Queen of flowers
Norsk Queen of flowers
Čeština Queen of flowers
Español Flor de la reina; Reina de las flores
Svenska Queen of flowers
Polski Queen of flowers
Український Queen of flowers
Român Queen of flowers
Русский Queen of flowers
Български Queen of flowers
EESTI Queen of flowers
日本語 Queen of flowers
Other names bungur (MY, ID); bang-lang (KH, VN); jarul (ID); banaba (PH); nana, bentak, bangor (ID); pyinma (MM); intanin (TH); sralao (KH)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

States and Territories S-China (Yunnan); India (incl. Darjeeling); Pakistan [I]; Nepal; Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Leyte, Mindanao); Sumatra; Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan); Palawan; Java (incl. Pulau Bawean, Pulau Kangean); Sulawesi; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor); Moluccas (Aru); Peninsular Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Vietnam [I]; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya); Bhutan [I]; Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kachin, Kayin, Mandalay, Rakhine, Yangon); Fiji [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Guam [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Costa Rica [I]; Australia (Queensland); Guinea [I]; Cameroon [I]; Benin [I]; Jamaica [I]; Peru [I]; Belize [I]; Panama [I]; El Salvador [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Venezuela [I]; Mexico [I] (Chiapas [I]); Guatemala [I]; Honduras [I]; Colombia [I]; Guyana [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Lythraceae
Genus Lagerstroemia
Species speciosa
Subpezies subsp. Speciosa
Author citation (L.) Pers.
Scientific name Lagerstroemia speciosa subsp. Speciosa (L.) Pers.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers ringporig/halbringporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/lytlabal.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit (0.58-)0.66-0.76(-0.81) kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Tabek

Lagerstroemia speciosa subsp. Speciosa , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Tabek

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Leaves

Tabek

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Flower

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Branch

Tabek

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Cones

Tabek

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Tabek

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Fruit

Tabek

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