Record Number
5711
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Lagerstroemia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Lagerstroemia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.
Vernacular Names
Pride of India, queen of flowers (En). Indonesia: bungur (general), bungur tekuyung (Palembang, Sumatra), ketangi (Javanese). Malaysia: bungor raya (Peninsular), bongor biru (Malay, Sarawak), tibabah (Dusun Banggi, Sabah). Philippines: banaba (Filipino). Burma (Myanmar): gawkng-uchyamang. Vietnam: b[awf]ng l[aw]ng n[uw][ows]c. Thailand: chuang-muu, tabaek dam (central), inthanin nam (central, peninsular).
Distribution
Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines and Sulawesi; also cultivated within this region and in many other tropical countries.
Image
 | Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. – 1, tree habit; 2, leaf; 3, inflorescence; 4, fruit. |
Author(s)
D.S. Alonzo
Correct Citation of this Article
Alonzo, D.S., 1998. Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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