Lagerstroemia

Lagerstroemia (properly Crape-myrtle, although often misspelled as Crepe-myrtle) is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, northern Australia and parts of Oceania. It is a member of the Lythraceae, which is also known as the Loosestrife family.


Selected species
Lagerstroemia indica (Crape myrtle, Crepe myrtle) is a species in the genus Lagerstroemia in the family Lythraceae.
From China, korea and Japan, Lagerstroemia indica is an often multistemmed, deciduous tree with a wide spreading, flat topped, open habit when mature.
The bark is a prominent feature being smooth, pinkinsh-gray and mottled, shedding each year. Leaves are small and dark green changing to yellow and orange in autumn.
Flowers are white, pink, mauve, purple or carmine with crimped petals, in panicles up to 9cm.

Lagerstroemia floribunda

Lagerstroemia subcostata is a deciduous tree which is native to Japan, Taiwan, China and the Philippines.

Lagerstroemia speciosa (Giant Crape-myrtle, Queen's Crape-myrtle or Banabá Plant) is a species of Lagerstroemia native to tropical southern Asia. It is a small to medium-sized tree growing to 20 m tall, with smooth, flaky bark. The leaves are deciduous, oval to elliptic, 8-15 cm long and 3-7 cm broad, with an acute apex. The flowers are produced in erect panicles 20-40 cm long, each flower with six white to purple petals 2-3.5 cm long.

Lagerstroemia minuticarpa. It is endemic to India.

Lagerstroemia langkawiensis. It is endemic to Malaysia.

Lagerstroemia intermedia. It is found in China and Thailand. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Lagerstroemia anisoptera

Lagerstroemia tomentosa

Lagerstroemia venusta

Lagerstroemia cristata

Lagerstroemia balansae

Lagerstroemia calyculata

Lagerstroemia micrantha

Lagerstroemia caudata

Lagerstroemia excelsa

Lagerstroemia fauriei

Lagerstroemia micrantha

Lagerstroemia fordii

Lagerstroemia glabra

Lagerstroemia siamica

Lagerstroemia guilinensis

Lagerstroemia villosa

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