Plant Details

Accepted name:

Lagerstroemia indica L. [Lythraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asare phul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
banaba	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
china	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinaagoranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinagoranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinnagoranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinaccamanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinagoranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crape myrtle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crape or crepe myrtle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crape-myrtle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crapemyrtle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crepe flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crepe myrtle	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gulabahara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulbahar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
har singar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harsinghar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
joje-mart	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavala k kurinci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavalakkurinca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavalakkurincacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavalakkurinji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phurush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pride of india	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pyinma	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
saoni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siddhesvara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinajya swan	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sinappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
telingachina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thelangaana cheeni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tindiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tintiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vilayatimendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Lagerstroemia chinensis L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 137 (1759).
Lagerstroemia elegans Wall. ex Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 14: 269 (1848).
Lagerstroemia indica var. alba Hovey Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 40 (1882).
Lagerstroemia indica f. alba (G.Nicholson) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 484 (1949).
Lagerstroemia indica var. grafii S.Yadav Fl. Maharashtra 6B: 371 (2014), no type indicated.
Lagerstroemia minor Retz. Observ. Bot. 1: 20 (1779).
Lagerstroemia pulchra Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 365 (1796).
Murtughas indica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 249 (1891).
Velaga globosa Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 246 (1791).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lagerstroemia indica	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lagerstroemia indica L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lagerstroemia indica Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Lagerstroemia indica Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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