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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lagerstroemia indica''
| image = Lagerstroemia_indica.jpg|170px
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Lythraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Lagerstroemia]]''
| species = '''''L. indica'''''
| binomial = ''Lagerstroemia indica''
| binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]
}}
'''''Lagerstroemia indica''''' ('''Crape myrtle, Crepe myrtle''') is a species in the genus ''Lagerstroemia'' in the family ''Lythraceae''.
From [[China]] 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 indica is [[frost]] tolerant, prefers full sun and will grow to 6 metres with a spread of 6 metres.
Many hybrid cultivars have been developed between ''L. indica'' and ''L. faueri''
[[Image:Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Dynamite' (Lagerstroemia indica).jpg|thumb|none|300px|The "Dynamite" cultivar the Crepe Myrtle]]
== References ==
*Flora, The Gardeners Bible, ABC Publishing, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, 2005
[[Category:Lythraceae]]
[[Category:Horticulture]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lagerstroemia indica''
| image = Lagerstroemia_indica.jpg|170px
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Lythraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Lagerstroemia]]''
| species = '''''L. indica'''''
| binomial = ''Lagerstroemia indica''
| binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]
}}
'''''Lagerstroemia indica''''' ('''Crape myrtle, Crepe myrtle''') is a species in the genus ''Lagerstroemia'' in the family ''Lythraceae''.
From [[China]] 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 indica is [[frost]] tolerant, prefers full sun and will grow to 6 metres with a spread of 6 metres.
Many hybrid cultivars have been developed between ''L. indica'' and ''L. faueri''
[[Image:Crepe Myrtle, Crape Myrtle 'Dynamite' (Lagerstroemia indica).jpg|thumb|none|300px|The "Dynamite" cultivar the Crepe Myrtle]]
== References ==
*Flora, The Gardeners Bible, ABC Publishing, Ultimo, NSW, Australia, 2005
[[Category:Lythraceae]]
[[Category:Horticulture]]