Mohan ji L. indica is usually a shrub less than 4 m tall, whereas L. speciosa is a tree up to 8 m tall; leaves of former are almost sessile (petiole barely 0.5 mm), shorter rarely exceeding 7 cm whereas in latter petiole is 5-9 mm long and leaves 8-17 cm long; Hypanthium in former is 4-7 mm long not ribbed, in latter 8-10 mm long and 12-ribbed.; calyx erect in fruit in former, spreading in latter; petals are hardly 16-25 mm long in former, 32-35 mm long in latter; capsule 10-12 mm in diam in former, 17-20 mm in latter.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Mohan V. Chunkath < [email protected]> wrote: > How does one distinguish between Lagerstroemia indica and L. speciosa? > Thanks. > Cheers, > Mohan > > On Aug 9, 10:05 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes this is Lagerstroemia speciosa (Family: Lythraceae) > > Pankaj > > > > On Aug 9, 10:04 pm, Dr Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes this is Lagerstroemia specios (Family: Lythraceae) > > > Pankaj > > > > > On Aug 9, 9:31 pm, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > May be Lagerstroemia speciosa > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 9:49 PM, PUTTARAJU K < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > > Flora of Kaiga_ID_Please_09082011 PJ2. > > > > > > > Date/Time-: 25/05/11 - 10:00 > > > > > > > Location- Place, Altitude - Kaiga , Uttar Kannada ,Karnataka, 380 > mtrs > > > > > > > Habitat- Garden/ Urban/ Wild/ Type- wild > > > > > > > Plant Habit- Tree/ Shrub/ Climber/ Herb- Tree > > > > > > > Height/Length- 12m > > > > > > > With Regards, > > > > > PUTTARAJU K, > > > > > SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, > > > > > KAIGA ATOMIC POWER PLANT, > > > > > POST-KAIGA, U.K.DISTRICT, > > > > > KARNATAKA -581400 > > > > > MOB : 9448999150 > > > > > EMAIL : [email protected] > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > > > > Regards > > > > > > Dr Balkar Singh > > > > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > > > > Arya P G College, Panipat > > > > Haryana-132103 > > > > 09416262964 >
