Dhaura / Small Flowered Crape Myrtle
Lagerstroemia parviflora
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- February-May; Fr. May onwards
How to identify Dhaura
Identify Dhaura by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-May; Fr. May onwards.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lythraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dhaura.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lagerstroemia parviflora
- Genus
- Lagerstroemia
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical Himalayas, India, Myanmar, Java
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-May; Fr. May onwards
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dhaura itself; the rest are typical of the Lythraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Dhaura, Lendia, Bakli
- Nepali
- बोट धयाँरो Bot Dhayanro, हाडे Haade
- Tamil
- Chenangi, Chinnanchi, Kaccaikkattai
- Kannada
- ಚನ್ನಂಗಿ Chanangi, ಚನ್ನಂಗ Channanga, Ventaku
- Malayalam
- Ventekku, Cheemangi
- Marathi
- Lende, Bondga, Bondara, बोंडारा
About Dhaura
A member of the Lythraceae family, Small flowered Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia parviflora) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and 15 other states. It grows in moist and dry deciduous forests, also in plains. Flowering and fruiting run from February to May; Fr. May onwards.
Lythraceae
Loosestrife/Henna family
Dhaura belongs to the Lythraceae family.
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