Latin name:
Lagerstroemia balansae

Chinese name:


Genus:
Lagerstroemia

Family:
Lythraceae

Growth Habit:
Shrub

Duration:
Multiperennial

Distribution:
South China, Vietnam, Thailand

Height:
The whole plant reaches 3 to 10m in height.

Leaf:
Coreaceous, oblong lanceolate, 6 to 12cm in length, 2 to 5cm in width, with an attenuate apex and an sphenoid base, 6 to 8 pairs lateral nerve.

Flowers:
Panicle, arcrogenous, turbinate sepal, 10 to 12mm in length, divided into 6 triangle segment, covered with tan stellate tomentum.

Fruits:
capsule, ovoid, 12 to 15mm in length; seeds with wing, about 11mm in length.

Blossom:
May to Jul.

Comments:
Ornamental.