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Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.

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Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAdambea glabra Lam.
synonymAdambea hirsuta Lam.
synonymLagerstroemia augusta Wall.
synonymLagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.
synonymLagerstroemia hirsuta (Lam.) Willd.
synonymLagerstroemia macrocarpa Wall.
synonymLagerstroemia major Retz.
synonymLagerstroemia minor Retz.
synonymLagerstroemia munchausia Willd.
synonymLagerstroemia plicifolia Stokes
synonymLagerstroemia reginae Roxb.
synonymLagerstroemia speciosa var. intermedia (Koehne) Furtado & Montien
synonymMunchausia ovata Jaume St.-Hil.
synonymMunchausia speciosa L.
synonymMurtughas hirsuta (Lam.) Kuntze
synonymMurtughas speciosa (L.) Kuntze
synonymSotularia malabarica Rafin.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Ajar
  • Ejar
  • Jarul
English
  • Giant Crape-myrtle
  • Pride of India
  • Queen's Crape-myrtle
Hindi
  • Jarul जरुल
Manipuri
  • Jarol
Marathi
  • Taman
Other
  • Banabá Plan
  • Giant Crape-myrtle
  • Manimaruthu
  • Motabandara
  • Poomaruthu
  • Pride Or Rose Of India
  • Queen Crape Myrtle
  • Queen's Crape-myrtle
Tamil
  • கதலி Kadali
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
Description
Habit: Medium tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Contributors
G Renu
StatusUNDER_CREATION
LicensesCC_BY
References
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    📚 Natural History
    Morphology

    Growth Form

    Tree
    Tree
    Miscellaneous Details
    Notes: Semi evergreen and Evergreen Forest mostly alonmg banks of streams also planted as an avenue tree
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors
    StatusUNDER_CREATION
    LicensesCC_BY
    References
      No Data
      📚 Habitat and Distribution
      General Habitat
      Forested areas
      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Contributors
      StatusUNDER_CREATION
      LicensesCC_BY
      References
        Description
        Global Distribution

        India: Assam, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh

        Local Distribution

        Throughout Assam

        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Contributors
        StatusUNDER_CREATION
        LicensesCC_BY
        References
          Kerala: All districts
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors
          StatusUNDER_CREATION
          LicensesCC_BY
          References
            No Data
            📚 Occurrence
            No Data
            📚 Uses and Management
            Uses

            System of Medicines Used In

            Ayurveda
            Ayurveda
            Folk medicine
            Folk medicine
            System Of Medicines Used In

            Ayurveda, Folk medicine

            FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1278
            AttributionsFRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1278
            Contributors
            StatusUNDER_CREATION
            LicensesCC_BY
            References
              No Data
              📚 Information Listing
              References
              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1278
              Information Listing > References
              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1278

              Butterflies of the myristica swamp forests of Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary in the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India

              Journal of Threatened Taxa
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              📚 Meta data
              🐾 Taxonomy
              📊 Temporal Distribution
              📷 Related Observations
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