Mazhar Botanic Garden

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.

Giant Crepe-myrtle Queen's crepe-myrtle Pride of India

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000589
English name: Giant Crepe-myrtle, Queen's crepe-myrtle, Pride of India
Arabic name: تمر حنة افرنجي اسبيسيوزا
Native: Southern Asia
Country: China Southeastern Asia
(PGR): Common

Deciduous tree growing to 15- 20 m tall, trunk smooth, Flaky bark leaves oval to elliptic, 8-15 cm long, 3-7 cm broad flowers white to purple in terminal conical panicles, 30 cm long

Ornamental plant. The wood is of good quality, considered to be one of the best timber trees in Myanmar and Assam, and is often traded. One of the most strikingly showy of flowering trees, and a good shade tree, it is commonly cultivated in gardens or along the sides of roads for its brightly coloured mauve or pink flowers with crinkled petals.

Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz, Lagerstroemia macrocarpa Wall

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Texture: Fertile Loam
Fertility: High
Drainage: Poorly drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, cuttings
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 5.5-7.5

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