Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Lythraceae | Genus: Lagerstroemia | Species: Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb. |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Lagerstroemia lanceolata Wight & Arn., Lagerstroemia parvifolia subsp. napaulensis (DC.) Koehne |
Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Dhaura, Lendia, Bakli, Sidi | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Crepe flower, Small Flowered Crape Myrtle | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Sidi | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a capsule 3-4 valved, ovoid, brown; seeds many; wing terminal with a thick curved back. |
| Habitat | Moist and dry deciduous forests. | Bark Type | Exfoliating |
| Distribution | Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats. Tropical Himalaya, India and Myanmar | Bark Details | Bark dark brown or greyish-black, vertically furrrowed, exfoliating in long, thin flakes; blaze dull yellow. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees, up to 15 m high; bark dark brown or greyish-black, vertically furrrowed, exfoliating in long, thin flakes; blaze dull yellow. Leaves simple, opposite; stipules intrapetiolar, deciduous; petiole slender, glabrous; lamina elliptic, obovate-elliptic or oblong, base round or acute, apex acute, acuminate or obtuse-retuse, margin entire. Flowers white, fragrant, in lax axillary panicles; calyx tube campanulate, with a ring inside, smooth with out; lobes 6, appressed to the capsule in fruit; petals 6, ovate-suborbicular; stamens many, inserted near the base of the calyx tube, exserted; half inferior, sessile, glabrous, ovules many; style curved; stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule 3-4 valved, ovoid, brown; seeds many; wing terminal with a thick curved back. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, opposite; stipules intrapetiolar, deciduous; petiole slender, glabrous; lamina elliptic, obovate-elliptic or oblong, base round or acute, apex acute, acuminate or obtuse-retuse, margin entire. |
