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Lagerstroemia speciosa - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Lagerstroemia speciosa - Top and lower side of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Top and lower side of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Lagerstroemia speciosa - Branch with flowers - Click to enlarge!

Branch with flowers; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Lagerstroemia speciosa - Branch with fruits - Click to enlarge!

Branch with fruits; Aburi Botanic Gardens, Aburi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Lagerstroemia speciosa - Habit of young solitary tree - Click to enlarge!

Habit of young solitary tree; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer

Lagerstroemia speciosa - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Aburi Botanic Gardens, Aburi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Lagerstroemia speciosa - Habit solitary tree - Click to enlarge!

Habit solitary tree; Aburi Botanic Gardens, Aburi, Ghana; 7/2005 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 295
Date of entry: 19.04.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Banaba, Pride of india

German: Königinblume, Kreppmyrte

Portuguese: Resedá-gigante

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Myrtales (80)

        Family: Lythraceae (12)(family description)

          Genus: Lagerstroemia (2)

            Epithet: speciosa (L.) Pers. (6)

Synonym: Adambea glabra Lam.

glabra => without hair, smooth, bald, bare

speciosa => beautiful

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: violet

External links

Check for Lagerstroemia speciosa at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [25] Schütt,P. et al. (2004): Bäume der Tropen. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.

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