Hi, The Queen's Flower tree / Pride of India / Crepe flower tree - Lagerstroemoia flos-regina is a synonym of L.speciosa locally called Taman / Jarul is also the state tree of Maharashtra. The Crepe Myrtle tree - Lagerstroemia indica is an exotic, a native of China. Regards, Neil Soares. --- On Wed, 8/10/11, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> Subject: [efloraofindia:76576] Re: Lagerstroemia for ID : Oman : 090811 : AK-3 To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 11:37 AM Dr Neil ji, Which is L reginae then? What is the diff between L reginae & L speciosa? Both are called Queen Crape Myrtle? Aarti On Aug 9, 10:51 pm, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > This also looks like Lagerstroemia speciosa. L.indica is generally called > Crepe Myrtle. > Regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On Wed, 8/10/11, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> > Subject: [efloraofindia:76547] Lagerstroemia for ID : Oman : 090811 : AK-3 > To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 12:09 AM > > Taken at one of the gardens here at Muscat, Oman on 20/8/08. > A cultivated small tree. > Purple flowers as seen. > Aarti
