Lagerstroemia excelsa (Dode) Chun ex S.K.Lee & L.F.Lau

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Lythraceae > Lagerstroemia

Characteristics

Trees, 20-30 m tall. Branchlets terete, sparsely to densely gray pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves mostly opposite; petiole 4-8 mm, pubescent; leaf blade adaxially dark green, elliptic to broadly elliptic, 7-13 × 3.5-5 cm, membranous, abaxially pubescent on veins, adaxially glabrous, lateral vein 7-9 pairs, base acute, apex narrowly to broadly acuminate. Panicles 11-30 cm, densely gray-brown pubescent, densely flowered. Floral tube 6-merous, 2.5-3.5 mm, smooth walled, densely pubescent, glabrescent, with 12 dark veins; sepals 1.5-2 mm, adaxially sparsely puberulous at apex, glabrescent; annulus absent; epicalyx segments minute, ca. 0.3 mm, or absent. Petals yellowish white, ovate, 3-3.5 mm including claw 1-1.2 mm. Stamens (5 or)6-12, dimorphic, 6 antesepalous, also sometimes up to 6 antepetalous. Ovary glabrous. Capsules subglobose to oblong, 3.5-5 × 3-4 mm, (3 or)4-valved. Seeds including wing 3.5-4.8 mm. Fl. Apr, fr. Jul.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0 - 30.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 15 - 20
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Lagerstroemia excelsa world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Lagerstroemia excelsa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:912743-1
WFO ID wfo-0001076062
COL ID 3RWZ4
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Synonyms

Lagerstroemia excelsa Lagerstroemia yangii Orias excelsa Lagerstroemia subcostata var. ambigua Lagerstroemia excelsa var. ambigua