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Lagerstroemia speciosa subsp. Speciosa (L.) Pers.

Queen’s Crape Myrtle

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT) Bungor (Thailand); Banaba (Philippinen)
Deutsch Pracht-Lagerströmie
English Queen’s Crape Myrtle
Français Lagerstroemia majestueuse
Italiano Pracht-Lagerströmie
Suomi Pracht-Lagerströmie
Norsk Pracht-Lagerströmie
Čeština Pracht-Lagerströmie
Español Flor de la reina; Reina de las flores
Svenska Pracht-Lagerströmie
Polski Pracht-Lagerströmie
Український Pracht-Lagerströmie
Român Pracht-Lagerströmie
Русский Pracht-Lagerströmie
Български Pracht-Lagerströmie
EESTI Pracht-Lagerströmie
日本語 Pracht-Lagerströmie
Other names Bungor (Thailand); Banaba (Philippinen)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC
Xylotheque

Origin

States and Territories S-China (Yunnan); India (incl. Darjeeling); Pakistan [I]; Nepal; Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Leyte, Mindanao); Sumatra; Borneo (Sarawak, Sabah, Kalimantan); Palawan; Java (incl. Pulau Bawean, Pulau Kangean); Sulawesi; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor); Moluccas (Aru); Peninsular Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Vietnam [I]; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya); Bhutan [I]; Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kachin, Kayin, Mandalay, Rakhine, Yangon); Fiji [I]; Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I]); Guam [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Costa Rica [I]; Australia (Queensland); Guinea [I]; Cameroon [I]; Benin [I]; Jamaica [I]; Peru [I]; Belize [I]; Panama [I]; El Salvador [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Haiti [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Venezuela [I]; Mexico [I] (Chiapas [I]); Guatemala [I]; Honduras [I]; Colombia [I]; Guyana [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Lythraceae
Genus Lagerstroemia
Species speciosa
Subpezies subsp. Speciosa
Author citation (L.) Pers.
Scientific name Lagerstroemia speciosa subsp. Speciosa (L.) Pers.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers ringporig/halbringporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/lytlabal.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries clearly recognizable
Heartwood with color stripes
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit (0.58-)0.66-0.76(-0.81) kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Queen’s Crape Myrtle

Lagerstroemia speciosa subsp. Speciosa , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

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Leaves

Queen’s Crape Myrtle

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Queen’s Crape Myrtle

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Branch

Queen’s Crape Myrtle

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Cones

Queen’s Crape Myrtle

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Queen’s Crape Myrtle

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Flowers

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Fruit

Queen’s Crape Myrtle

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