Lagerstroemia balansae

<body bgcolor="#eeeeee" leftmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" topmargin="0"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td>Latin name:<br> Lagerstroemia balansae<br> <br> Chinese name:<br> <img src="029_name.gif" alt="" height="21" width="57" border="0"><br> <br> Genus:<br> Lagerstroemia<br> <br> Family:<br> Lythraceae<br> <br> Growth Habit:<br> Shrub<br> <br> Duration:<br> Multiperennial<br> <br> Distribution:<br> South China, Vietnam, Thailand<br> <br> Height:<br> The whole plant reaches 3 to 10m in height.<br> <br> Leaf:<br> 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.<br> <br> Flowers:<br> Panicle, arcrogenous, turbinate sepal, 10 to 12mm in length, divided into 6 triangle segment, covered with tan stellate tomentum.<br> <br> Fruits:<br> capsule, ovoid, 12 to 15mm in length; seeds with wing, about 11mm in length.<br> <br> Blossom:<br> May to Jul.<br> <br> Comments:<br> Ornamental.<br> </td> </tr> </table> </body>