Lythraceae
Pride of India
Lagerstroemia speciosa
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Lagerstroemia
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Common names
By language (31)
- Assamese
- এজাৰ
- Bangla
- জারুল
- bik
- Banaba
- bjn
- Bungur
- Burmese
- ပျဉ်းမ
- Cantonese
- 大花紫薇
- Chinese
- 大花紫薇, 大叶紫薇, 百日红, 大葉紫薇
- English
- Pride of India, Giant crape-myrtle, Queen's crape-myrtle tree, Queen's crape myrtle, jarul
- Filipino
- Banaba
- Finnish
- Kuningatarkutrio
- French
- Lagerstrœmia speciosa
- German
- Königinblume
- Greek
- Λαγερστροιμία η μεγαλοπρεπής
- Gujarati
- જરૂલ
- Hindi
- जरुल
- Indonesian
- Bungur besar
- Japanese
- バナバ, オオバナサルスベリ, 大花百日紅
- Kannada
- ಹೊಳೆ ದಾಸವಾಳ
- Korean
- 바나바
- Malayalam
- പൂമരുത്, Giant Crape-myrtle, Queen's Crape-myrtle, അടമരുത്, ജാറൂൾ, പിളമരുത്, പിളളമരുത്, പിള്ളൈമരുത്
- Marathi
- ताम्हण
- pam
- Mitla
- Persian
- درختچه توری ملکه
- Polish
- Lagerstremia wspaniała
- Portuguese
- Resedá-gigante, Resedá gigante
- sat
- ᱡᱟᱹᱨᱩᱞ
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမႆႉသီႈၽုင်း, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၶီႈၽုင်း, တူၼ်ႈမႆႉၽႃး, မႆႉသီႈၽုင်း
- Tamil
- கதலி, செம்மருதம, செம்மருதம், பூ மருது, பூமருது
- Telugu
- సొగసులచెట్టు
- Thai
- อินทนิล, ตะแบกอินเดีย, อินทนิลน้ำ
- Vietnamese
- Bằng lăng, Hoa Bằng lăng
Synonyms
- Lagerstroemia munchhausia L. ex Forsyth f.
- Munchausia speciosa L.
- Murtughas speciosa (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- March to August, October (from 189 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: HM Emon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elizabeth Rodríguez Estrada, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: The original uploader was Lokenrc at English Wikipedia ., CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Abu Hamas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luan Mazzeo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fooshiforreio, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Margaret Burger, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.