Lagerstroemia indica

De Wilde, Willem J. J. O. & Duyfjes, Brigitta E. E., 2016, Survey of Lagerstroemia L. (Lythraceae) in Indochina (excl. Thailand) with the description of Lagerstroemia densiflora, sp. nov., a new species from Vietnam, Adansonia 38 (2), pp. 241-255 : 249

8. Lagerstroemia indica L.

Systema Naturae ed. 10, 2: 1076 (1759); Species Plantarum ed. 2 (1): 734 (1762). — Gagnep., Flore générale de l’Indo-Chine 2: 940 (1921). — Craib, Florae Siamensis Enumeratio 1: 724 (1931). — Furtado & Srisuko, Garden’s Bulletin Singapore 24: 190, fig. 1 (1969). — H. N. Qin & S. A. Graham, Flora of China 13: 278 (2007). — H. N. Qin et al., Flora of China Illustrations 13: fig. 295: 1-2 (2008). — W. J. de Wilde et al., Flora of Thailand 11 (4): 565 (2014). — Lectotype (designated by Merrill, 1917): “Tsjinkin” in Rumph., Herbarium Amboinense (1755) 61, t. 28, fig. 1, (‘ Habitat in China’).

SPOT- CHARACTERS. — Shrub or treelet; leaves nearly sessile; buds small, globose, usually with a c. 8 mm long pseudopedicel; flowers large, petals with a conspicuously long claw; capsules glabrous. DISTRIBUTION. — Himalayan regions, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, China; Japan, Indonesia ( Ambon, where apparently early introduced); furthermore widely cultivated all over the world as an ornamental shrub or small tree.