Comments
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Much larger but less hardy than the last species. Planted in the plains; not common.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Description
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Tree, 7 m or more tall. Leaves oval or elliptic, obtuse or acutish, 8.2-15.2 cm long, 3.3-7.1 cm broad, petiole 5-9 mm long. Panicles 14-35.5 cm long. Hypanthium 8-10 mm long, 11-13 mm broad, 12-ribbed, tomentose. Epicalyx minute, thick. Sepals 7-8 mm long, 4.5-5 mm broad, in fruit spreading, woody. Petals 3.2-3.5 cm long, 2.1-2.5 cm broad, claw 5-6 mm. Ovary 6 mm in diameter. Capsule 1.7-2 cm in diameter, rugose.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Distribution
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Distribution: Assam and South India. Cultivated elsewhere.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
speciosa: showy, good-looking
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=165770
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- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
