Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Lythraceae | Genus: Lagerstroemia | Species: Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb. |
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| Synonym | Lagerstroemia fatioa, Lagerstroemia lanceolata | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Small Flowered Crape Myrtle | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Crepe Flower, Crepe Myrtle | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit is a leathery capsule surrounded below by a persistent sepal-cup, oblong, 2.0-3 cm long, 3-4 celled, 3-6 valved |
| Habitat | Occurs in moist and dry deciduous forests | Bark Type | Exfoliating |
| Distribution | India, Myanmar and Tropical Himalaya | Bark Details | Bark dark brown or greyish-black, vertically furrrowed, exfoliating in long, thin flakes |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Deciduous trees to 15 m high; bark dark brown or greyish-black, vertically furrrowed, exfoliating in long, thin flakes; blaze dull yellow | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, opposite; stipules intrapetiolar, deciduous; petiole to 5 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 3.5-7.5 x 2-3 cm, elliptic, obovate-elliptic or oblong, base round or acute |
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