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Crape myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica
About
Lagerstroemia indica, known as the crape myrtle, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Lagerstroemia of the family Lythraceae. It is native to East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is an often multi-stemmed, deciduous tree with a wide spreading, flat topped, rounded, or even spike shaped open habit. The tree is a popular nesting shrub for songbirds and wrens.
- Family
- Lythraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Lagerstroemia indica
- Slug
- lagerstroemia-indica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Lagerstroemia
- Species
- indica
- Wikidata QID
- Q1148692
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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