Plant Details

Accepted name:

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. [Lythraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adamboe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arjuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banaba	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
banaba leaf	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
bondara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
cadali poea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cemmarutu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
challa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
challaholedasal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
challe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chello	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chemmaruta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chennangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuang-muu	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
holedacalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
holedachalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
holedasal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
holehalasu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
holematti	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)
kadalimugai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadalippuva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karaca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katou-adamboe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketangi	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
kodali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kramuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lagerstroemia speciosa leaf	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
mancarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manimarathu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manimaruthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manimarutu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvacala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvachala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvachalla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvajati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mota-bon	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mota-bondara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
motabondara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muruta	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
neerbenteku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirbende	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirbendeka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirbenteak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirmarutha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirmaruthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirmarutu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirumarutu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niruvendeku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niruventekku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirventeak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirventekku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirventeku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirventika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orgullo de la india	Other	Tropical Trees of Costa Rica (Zuchowski et al., 2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
pantuvisakkari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pittacamani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poo-maruthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poomaruthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pride-of-india	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
pulaventik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pumarudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
punkanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puvalventekku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pyinma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
queen crape myrtle	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
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)
shemmarutha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shemmaruthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
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)
tamana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tibabah	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
varagogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varibendeka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varibentik	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
waragogu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Fruits, Bark, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016)
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 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Adambea glabra Lam. Encycl. 1: 39 (1783).
Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz. Observ. Bot. 5: 25 (1788).
Lagerstroemia hirsuta (Lam.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2: 1178 (1799).
Lagerstroemia reginae Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 1: 46 (1796).
Munchausia speciosa L. in O.von Münchhausen, Hausvater 5: 257 (1770).
Adambea hirsuta Lam. Encycl. 1: 39 (1783).
Lagerstroemia augusta Wall. Numer. List: n.º 2113 (1829), nom. nud.
Lagerstroemia macrocarpa Wall. Numer. List: n.º 2114 A (1829), nom. nud.
Lagerstroemia major Retz. Observ. Bot. 1: 20 (1779).
Lagerstroemia munchausia Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 2: 1178 (1799).
Lagerstroemia munchhausia L. ex Forsyth f. Bot. Nomencl.: 298 (1794), nom. superfl.
Lagerstroemia plicifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 105 (1812).
Lagerstroemia punctata Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 126 (1856).
Munchausia ovata J.St.-Hil. Expos. Fam. Nat. 2: 176 (1805).
Murtughas hirsuta (Lam.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 249 (1891).
Murtughas punctata (Blume) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 250 (1891).
Murtughas speciosa (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 249 (1891).
Sotularia malabarica Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 98 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Adamhea glabra	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
LAgerstroemia speciosa	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lagerstroemia flos-reginae	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lagerstroemia hirsuta (Lam.) Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lagerstroemia hirsuta Willd.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lagerstroemia reginae Roxb.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lagerstroemia speciosa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Med. Plants of Sri Lanka (2016) 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) 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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