Lagerstroemia fordii Oliv. & Koehne ex Koehne

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Lythraceae > Lagerstroemia

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 3-8 m tall. Branchlets gray-white pubescent. Petiole 3-12 mm; leaf blade broadly lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, (3-)6-10 × 2.5-4 cm, papery, abaxially slightly pubescent to glabrescent, lateral veins 4 or 5(-8) pairs, adaxially venation not raised, base attenuate, apex long acuminate to caudate. Panicles terminal, 6-20 cm, gray-white pubescent. Floral tube 6-merous, 7-9 mm, distinctly 10-12-ribbed, gray-white pubescent; sepals ca. 2 mm, adaxially slightly pubescent on distal half; annulus absent; epicalyx absent. Petals ?color, ovate, 8-12 mm including claw 3-5 mm, base cordate. Stamens 25-30, dimorphic. Ovary glabrous. Capsules 1-1.2 cm × 7-9 mm. Seeds 6-8 mm including wing. Fr. Aug.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 8.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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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 fordii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:553566-1
WFO ID wfo-0001076055
COL ID 3RWZ9
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Synonyms

Lagerstroemia fordii