Lagerstroemia speciosa (Pride of India)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.

Preferred Common Name

Pride of India

Other Scientific Names

Adambea glabra Lam.

Adambea hirsuta Lam.

Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.

Lagerstroemia hirsuta (Lam.) Willd.

Lagerstroemia major Retz.

Lagerstroemia munchausia Willd.

Lagerstroemia plicifolia Stokes

Lagerstroemia reginae Roxb.

Munchausia speciosa L.

Murtughas hirsuta (Lam.) Kuntze

International Common Names

English

queen crape myrtle

queen of flowers

queen's crape-myrtle

queen's-flower

rose of India

Spanish

astromelia

embrujo de la India

orgullo de la India

French

lilas des Indes

stragornia blanc

Chinese

zi wei shu

Local Common Names

Bangladesh

jarul

Brazil

flor-da-rainha

resedá-flor-da-rainha

resedá-gigante

Cuba

astronomía

cupido

gastronomia

júpito

Dominican Republic

almira

armira

Haiti

atromelia stragornia

India

adamboe

ajhar

arjuna

ary

bondaro

challa

cholaventekku

hole dasal

hole matti

jarul

jarulo

kadali

mani maruthu

marathi-bendara

mota bondara

moto-bhandaro

nir maruthu

nirbendeka

nirventeak

patoli

patuli

pumaruthu

taman

varagogu

Indonesia

bungur

ketangi

Jamaica

crape myrtle

June rose

Lesser Antilles

crepe myrtle

Malaysia

bongor biru

Myanmar

gawkng-uchyamang

pyinma

Netherlands

koninginnebloem

Philippines

banaba

Puerto Rico

astromero

Thailand

chuang-muu

tabaek dam

United States Virgin Islands

Queen of shrubs

EPPO code

LAESP (Lagerstroemia speciosa)

Trade name

arjuna

Trade name

pyinma

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Distribution

Prevention and Control