Pride of India
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Also known as Queen Crape Myrtle, Queen of Flowers
About Pride of India
Lagerstroemia speciosa (giant crepe-myrtle, queen's crepe-myrtle, banabá plant, or pride of India, or "queen's flower" or "jarul") is a species of Lagerstroemia native to tropical South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Melanesia. It is a deciduous tree with bright pink to light purple flowers. The name "queen's Flower" is derived from the specific epithet 'reginae' or 'flosreginae', which means "imperial or flower of the queen". The tree bears beautiful attractive flowers in profusion in purple, lilac or pinkish-violet colours, and lasts for many months. Its timber is next only to teak in its strength. It is called queen crepe myrtle as its flowers look like delicate crêpe paper.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lagerstroemia speciosa
- Genus
- Lagerstroemia
- Family
- LYTHRACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests, mostly along banks of streams
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, Pakistan, Myanmar, New Guinea, China, Indonesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- जरूल Jarul, Ajhar, Arjuna
- Bengali
- জারুল Jarul, জারুল
- Tamil
- செம்மருதம் Cem-Marutam, கதலி Kadali, பூமருது Pu-Marutu
- Telugu
- సొగసులచెట్టు Sogasulachettu, వారగోగు Varagogu, సొగసులచెట్టు
- Kannada
- ಚೆಳ್ಳೆ Chelle, ಹೊಳೆ ದಾಸವಾಳ Hole Daasavaala, ಹೊಳೆಮತ್ತಿ Holematti
- Malayalam
- അടന്പു Adambu, മണിമരുത് Manimaruth, പൂമരുത് Puumaruth
- Marathi
- जारूळ Jarul, मोठा बोंडारा Motha Bondara, ताम्हण Tamhan
Lythraceae
Loosestrife/Henna family
Pride of India belongs to the Lythraceae family.
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