Plant Details

Accepted name:

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. [Lythraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Infraspecies:

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Lagerstroemia speciosa subsp. intermedia (Koehne) Deepu & Pandur.

Lagerstroemia speciosa subsp. speciosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
banaba	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
banaba leaf	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bongor biru	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bungor raya	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bungur	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bungur tekuyung	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
challa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuang-muu	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
gawkng-uchyamang	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
giant crape-myrtle	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
hole daasavaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jarul	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013)
jarula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketangi	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kramuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lagerstroemia speciosa leaf	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
mota-bondara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muruta	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
orgullo de la india	Other	Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
poo-maruthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pride-of-india	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
pyinma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queen crape myrtle	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
queen's crape myrtle	Other	Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
queen's crape-myrtle	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
queens flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reina de las flores	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
resedá-flor-da-rainha	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
resedá-gigante	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
sotulari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tabaek dam	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
taman	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tibabah	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	dried leaves	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Bark, Fruits, Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Bark (Stem)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Munchausia speciosa L. in O.von Münchhausen, Hausvater 5: 257 (1770).
Lagerstroemia munchhausia L. ex Forsyth f. Bot. Nomencl.: 298 (1794), nom. superfl.
Murtughas speciosa (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 249 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
LAgerstroemia speciosa	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lagerstroemia speciosa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008)
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.)pers.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Lagerstroemia speciosa (Linn.) Pers.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Lagerstroemia speciosa Pers.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Lagerstroemia speciosa Persoon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Langerstroemia speciosa	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Munchausia speciosa L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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