Pride Of India

Yau Tsim Mong, ,

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.LYTHRACEAE Local: S2 Norte, Braslia, Brasil.Origem: ndiaRef.: Lorenzi, H. et al. rvores Exticas no Brasil. Plantarum, 2003.Agradecimento: Ana Luiza Backes, pela dica.

Lago Sul, Federal District, Brazil

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.LYTHRACEAE Local: S2 Norte, Braslia, Brasil.Origem: ndiaRef.: Lorenzi, H. et al. rvores Exticas no Brasil. Plantarum, 2003.Agradecimento: Ana Luiza Backes, pela dica.

This beautiful flower was seen in Shing Mun, Hong Kong.

Lago Sul, Federal District, Brazil

Yau Tsim Mong, ,

Lago Sul, Federal District, Brazil

Lago Sul, Federal District, Brazil

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.LYTHRACEAE Local: S2 Norte, Braslia, Brasil.Origem: ndiaRef.: Lorenzi, H. et al. rvores Exticas no Brasil. Plantarum, 2003.Agradecimento: Ana Luiza Backes, pela dica.

Of southeast Asian origin, but common in neotropical gardens, where it is known as Reina de las Flores. Photo from Gamboa Rainforest Lodge, Panama.

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.LYTHRACEAE Local: S2 Norte, Braslia, Brasil.Origem: ndiaRef.: Lorenzi, H. et al. rvores Exticas no Brasil. Plantarum, 2003.Agradecimento: Ana Luiza Backes, pela dica.

Photo taken at the Tai Po Waterfront Park, Hong Kong.

Lago Sul, Federal District, Brazil

Widely distributed in Tropical Asia and Australia, Lagerstroemia speciosa is highly tolerant to drought and cold weather. It is highly valuable for its hard, reddish and shinywood. Flowers are bisexual, colour of which varies from pink to purple. Corolla is made up of six petals with wavy and irregular toothed margins. Flowers cluster in large terminal panicles are beautiful and attractive. This photo was taken in the Po Lin Monastery here in Hong Kong.

Lago Sul, Federal District, Brazil

Yau Tsim Mong, ,

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.LYTHRACEAE Local: S2 Norte, Braslia, Brasil.Origem: ndiaRef.: Lorenzi, H. et al. rvores Exticas no Brasil. Plantarum, 2003.Agradecimento: Ana Luiza Backes, pela dica.

Yau Tsim Mong, ,

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.LYTHRACEAE Local: S2 Norte, Braslia, Brasil.Origem: ndiaRef.: Lorenzi, H. et al. rvores Exticas no Brasil. Plantarum, 2003.Agradecimento: Ana Luiza Backes, pela dica.