Herbarium JCB

Lagerstroemia reginae Roxb.

Family : LYTHRACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Lythraceae
Species : Lagerstroemia reginae
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Common name : Pride of India
Collection Nos : KFP 7191, KFP 1913
Key identification features : A medium size handsome deciduous tree. Bark is pale-brown, smooth or flaking thinly. Leaves are simple, large, elongate, elliptic, short-stalked that turn red before falling. The rose-like flowers (about 4.5-5 cm across) with crinkly petals and numerous stamens are most attractive and are displayed on large, erect clusters at branch ends. Fruits are woody, spherical (about 2 cm dia.) and dehisce into a fruit-cup-like structure with five or more spreading lobes of the fruit wall.
Habit : Tree
Native : India
Comments : Flowers mauve, pink or lilac and fade into pale pink or white.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg