View source for Lagerstroemia speciosa

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| name = ''Lagerstroemia speciosa''
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| growth_habit = tree
| high = ?   <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| wide =     <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| origin = ?   <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
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| lifespan =     <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| exposure = ?   <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| water = ?   <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
| features =     <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| hardiness =     <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| bloom =     <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
| usda_zones = ?   <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| sunset_zones =     <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
| color = IndianRed
| image = jarul.jpg
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = Flowers on a tree
| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Myrtales
| familia = Lythraceae
| genus = Lagerstroemia
| species = speciosa
}}
{{Inc|
Lagerstroemia speciosa (Munchausia speciosa, Flos-Reginae, Reginae). Tree, 50-60 ft., with 
elliptic or long-lanceolate obtuse lvs. 4-8 in. long: panicle large; fls. 2-3 in. across, varying from rose to purple from morning to evening, the calyx grooved, the petals erose-wavy: caps, 1 in. or more long. India. G.C. III. 15:77.—A noble plant in Trop. India; also intro. in S. Calif. In the Old World sometimes grown under glass and on walls out-of-doors.{{SCH}}
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==Cultivation==
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==Species==
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==Gallery==
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Image:Dried Fruits I IMG 1380.jpg|Dried Fruits at Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Image:Dried Fruit I IMG 3279.jpg|Dried Fruits at Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

==External links==
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