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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lagerstroemia speciosa''
| image = jarul.jpg
|image_caption= Flowers on a tree in Calcutta, where it is locally called ''Jarul''.
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Lythraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Lagerstroemia]]''
| species = '''''L. speciosa'''''
| binomial = ''Lagerstroemia speciosa''
| binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]
}}
[[ Image:Bark I IMG 3282.jpg|thumb|left|Bark at Kolkata, West Bengal, India]]
'''''Lagerstroemia speciosa''''' ('''Giant Crape-myrtle''', '''Queen's Crape-myrtle''' or '''Banabá Plant''') is a species of ''[[Lagerstroemia]]'' native to tropical southern [[Asia]]. It is a small to medium-sized [[tree]] growing to 20 m tall, with smooth, flaky bark. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[deciduous]], oval to elliptic, 8-15 cm long and 3-7 cm broad, with an acute apex. The [[flower]]s are produced in erect [[panicle]]s 20-40 cm long, each flower with six white to purple petals 2-3.5 cm long.
===Cultivation and uses===
It is grown in [[South East Asia]], [[India]] and the [[Philippines]].
It is also widely cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in tropical and subtropical areas.
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=117489 Flora of Pakistan: ''Lagerstroemia speciosa'']
*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 3: 10.
== External links ==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/5f4d72153bf39caf/ Lagerstromea speciosa page of Indiantreepix]
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Fruit, leaves & Drongo I IMG 5962.jpg|Fruit, leaves & Black Drongo at Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Image:Flowers & leaves I IMG 1864.jpg|Flowers & leaves at Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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
</gallery>
{{Myrtales-stub}}
[[Category:Lythraceae]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Flora of Thailand]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lagerstroemia speciosa''
| image = jarul.jpg
|image_caption= Flowers on a tree in Calcutta, where it is locally called ''Jarul''.
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Myrtales]]
| familia = [[Lythraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Lagerstroemia]]''
| species = '''''L. speciosa'''''
| binomial = ''Lagerstroemia speciosa''
| binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Christian Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]
}}
[[ Image:Bark I IMG 3282.jpg|thumb|left|Bark at Kolkata, West Bengal, India]]
'''''Lagerstroemia speciosa''''' ('''Giant Crape-myrtle''', '''Queen's Crape-myrtle''' or '''Banabá Plant''') is a species of ''[[Lagerstroemia]]'' native to tropical southern [[Asia]]. It is a small to medium-sized [[tree]] growing to 20 m tall, with smooth, flaky bark. The [[leaf|leaves]] are [[deciduous]], oval to elliptic, 8-15 cm long and 3-7 cm broad, with an acute apex. The [[flower]]s are produced in erect [[panicle]]s 20-40 cm long, each flower with six white to purple petals 2-3.5 cm long.
===Cultivation and uses===
It is grown in [[South East Asia]], [[India]] and the [[Philippines]].
It is also widely cultivated as an [[ornamental plant]] in tropical and subtropical areas.
==References==
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=117489 Flora of Pakistan: ''Lagerstroemia speciosa'']
*Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening'' 3: 10.
== External links ==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/5f4d72153bf39caf/ Lagerstromea speciosa page of Indiantreepix]
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Fruit, leaves & Drongo I IMG 5962.jpg|Fruit, leaves & Black Drongo at Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Image:Flowers & leaves I IMG 1864.jpg|Flowers & leaves at Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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
</gallery>
{{Myrtales-stub}}
[[Category:Lythraceae]]
[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
[[Category:Flora of Thailand]]
