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Lagerstroemia indica L.

Cape myrtle; Crapemyrtle; Lilac of the South; Queen of shrubs

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Cape myrtle; Crapemyrtle; Lilac of the South; Queen of shrubs
Italiano Astromero
Other names Astromelia

Further information

COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Jilin, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang) Taiwan [I]; South Korea [I]; Java; Bhutan [I]; Philippines [I]; Myanmar [I]; Laos; Thailand; Viet Nam; Cambodia; Andaman Isl. (Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl.); Nepal; Pakistan [I]; Moluccas [I] (Ambon [I]); Maldives [I]; New Guinea [c]; Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Chad [I]; Mozambique [I]; Cameroon [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Guinea [I]; Jamaica [I]; Belize [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I] (St. Croix [I], Tortola [I]); Cuba [I]; Ecuador [I]; Mexico [I]; Panama [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Antigua [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Barbados [I]; Venezuela [I]; Brazil [I]; Honduras [I]; El Salvador [I]; Bolivia [I]; Colombia [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Fiji [I]; American Samoa [I] (Manua Isl. [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Kwajalein [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I], Pohnpei [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Tahaa [I], Raiatea [I]); Guam [I]; Tonga [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; USA [I] (Alabama [I], Arkansas [I], Florida [I], Georgia [I], Indiana [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Maryland [I], Mississippi [I], North Carolina [I], South Carolina [I], Tennessee [I], Texas [I], Virginia [I]); Tajikistan [I]; Uzbekistan [I]; Croatia [c]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Lythraceae
Genus Lagerstroemia
Species indica
Author citation L.
Scientific name Lagerstroemia indica L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

Cape myrtle; Crapemyrtle; Lilac of the South; Queen of shrubs

Lagerstroemia indica , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

Cape myrtle; Crapemyrtle; Lilac of the South; Queen of shrubs

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

Cape myrtle; Crapemyrtle; Lilac of the South; Queen of shrubs

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

Cape myrtle; Crapemyrtle; Lilac of the South; Queen of shrubs

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Flowers

Cape myrtle; Crapemyrtle; Lilac of the South; Queen of shrubs

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson

Cape myrtle; Crapemyrtle; Lilac of the South; Queen of shrubs

, Flowers , ©Dennis Wilson