| Synonym |
Lagerstroemia reginae Roxb. |
Flower Color |
Blue - Purple |
| Common Name |
Pride of India, Queen Crape Myrtle |
Flower Type |
Panicle |
| English / Trade Name |
Queen’s Crepe Myrtle, Pride Of India, Queens Flower |
Flowering Period |
April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Jarul |
Fruiting Period |
July-Sept |
| Altitude |
Up To 1500m |
Fruit Type |
Capsule |
| Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Fruit a capsule, rugose, woody with an apical wings |
| Habitat |
Open habitats, in disturbed or secondary forests, grass lands, and along rivers |
Bark Type |
Smooth |
| Distribution |
Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra AndJava |
Bark Details |
Bark smooth, gray with thin yellowish line flaky |
| Distribution in Haryana |
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Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Simple |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Elliptic |
| Description of Species |
TTree upto 15 with smooth, flaky bark. Leaves oval or elliptic, obtuse or with an acute apex. Flowers produced in erect panicles, each flower with six white to purple petal; Hypanthium in former not ribbed, in latter 12-ribbed.; calyx erect in fruit in former, spreading in latter; petals pink, Fruit a capsule, rugose, woody |
Leaf Details |
Leaves oval or elliptic, obtuse or with an acute apex. |
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