🌿 Botanical Name
Lagerstroemia indica
👨‍👩‍👦 Family
Lythraceae.
🗣️ Vernacular Names
Crepe myrtle, Poomaruthu.
🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
May – July.
🌍 Distribution
Native of China.
💡 Status
Least Concern.

Description: An ornamental shrub or small tree. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic or oblong, pubescent on veins beneath. Flowers pink, white or purple, in terminal panicles. Fruit loculicidal capsule.

Uses: Widely cultivated in gardens.