Lagerstroemia indica L.

Crapemyrtle (en), Lilas des Indes (fr), Lagerstroemia des Indes (fr), Folie de jeune fille (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Lythraceae > Lagerstroemia

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, to 7 m tall. Branchlets slender, 4-angled or subalate, puberulous, glabrescent. Leaves sessile or with petiole to ca. 2 mm; leaf blade elliptic, oblong, obovate, or suborbicular, typically at least some suborbicular to obovate and mucronate, 2.5-7[-10] × 1.5-4 cm, papery to slightly leathery, glabrous or with slight indumentum on veins abaxially, lateral veins 3-7 pairs, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex acute, obtuse with small mucro, or retuse. Panicles subpyramidal, 7-20 cm, puberulous, densely flowered. Floral tube 6-merous, 7-11 mm, smooth walled or obscurely to decidedly 6-ribbed, glabrous; sepals 3.5-5.5 mm, adaxially glabrous; annulus present; epicalyx absent. Petals purple, fuchsia, pink, or white, orbicular, 1.2-2 cm including claw 6-9 mm. Stamens 36-42, dimorphic. Ovary glabrous. Capsules ellipsoidal, 1-1.3 × 0.7-1.2 cm, 4-6-valved. Seeds including wing ca. 8 mm. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Sep-Nov. 2n = 48, 50.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 7 m tall. The branches are slender and 4 angled. The leaves often do not have leaf stalks. The leaves are broadly oval and 3-7 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flower panicles are 7-20 cm long. The petals are purple, pink or white. The fruit capsule is 1 cm long by 1 cm wide. The seeds are winged.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 5.0
Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.8
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Open grassy places and on cliffs at low altitudes, also on forest edges. Semi-shaded places and fertile fields.
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Open grassy places and on cliffs at low altitudes, also on forest edges. Semi-shaded places and fertile fields.
It is a tropical plant. It grows in partly shaded places and in good soil. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-5
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses afforestation animal food environmental use fuel material medicinal timber wood
Edible flowers
Therapeutic use Antipyretics (bark), Cathartics (bark), Constipation (bark), General tonic for rejuvenation (bark), Stomach diseases (bark), Cathartics (flower), Stomatitis, aphthous (fruit), Antifungal agents (leaf), Cathartics (leaf), Constipation (leaf), Hemorrhage (leaf), Stomach diseases (leaf), Cheilitis (leaf), Astringents (root), Mouthwashes (root), Narcotics (seed), Cathartics (shoot), Abdomen (unspecified), Antidote (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Decoagulant (unspecified), Dermatitis (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Gargle (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Narcotic (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Vertigo (unspecified), Abscess (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Hydragogue (unspecified), Puerperium (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 11 - 17
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Lagerstroemia indica leaf picture by Terry Scheel (cc-by-sa)
Lagerstroemia indica leaf picture by Terry Scheel (cc-by-sa)
Lagerstroemia indica leaf picture by Paris B (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Lagerstroemia indica flower picture by Lionel LOULENDO (cc-by-sa)
Lagerstroemia indica flower picture by Aeraaf Khuraishi (cc-by-sa)
Lagerstroemia indica flower picture by Gómez Ely (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Lagerstroemia indica fruit picture by sunil sunil gupta (cc-by-sa)
Lagerstroemia indica fruit picture by Bidwai (cc-by-sa)
Lagerstroemia indica fruit picture by Kim Byard (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lagerstroemia indica world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Burkina Faso, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Bhutan, China, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Fiji, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Guam, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Jamaica, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Maldives, Mexico, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mozambique, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), El Salvador, Chad, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Lagerstroemia indica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:553576-1
WFO ID wfo-0000366809
COL ID 3RWZL
BDTFX ID 37418
INPN ID 104811
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Synonyms

Lagerstroemia pulchra Lagerstroemia minor Lagerstroemia elegans Velaga globosa Murtughas indica Lagerstroemia indica var. alba Lagerstroemia indica