Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Scientific Name and Description
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Lagerstroemia flos-reginae RETZ.
Adambea glabra Lam.
Lagerstroemia augusta Wall. nom. inval.
Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.
Lagerstroemia macrocarpa Wall. nom. inval.
Lagerstroemia major Retz.
Lagerstroemia munchausia Willd.
Lagerstroemia plicifolia Stokes
Lagerstroemia reginae Roxb.
Munchausia speciosa L
Adambea glabra Lam.
Lagerstroemia augusta Wall. nom. inval.
Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Retz.
Lagerstroemia macrocarpa Wall. nom. inval.
Lagerstroemia major Retz.
Lagerstroemia munchausia Willd.
Lagerstroemia plicifolia Stokes
Lagerstroemia reginae Roxb.
Munchausia speciosa L
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | pride-of-india, pyinma, queens flower |
| Hindi | arjuna, jarul |
| Kannada | calla, challa, challaholedasal, challe, chella, chello, hole daasavaala, holedacalla, holedachalla, holedasal, holehalasu, holematti, maruva, maruvacala, maruvachala, maruvachalla, maruvajati, nirbende, nirbendeka, nirventeak, nirventika, varibendeka, varibentik |
| Malayalam | adamboe, adambu, atambu, atampa, atampu, cemmarutu, chemmaruta, katalpu, manimarathu, manimaruthu, manimarutu, neerbenteku, nirbenteak, nirmarutha, nirmaruthu, nirmarutu, nirumarutu, niruvendeku, niruventekku, nirventekku, nirventeku, poomaruthu, pulaventik, puvalventekku, shemmarutha, shemmaruthu |
| Marathi | bondara, dara, mota-bon, mota-bondara, motabondara, sotulari, taman, tamana |
| Sanskrit | arjuna, jarula, kramuka |
| Tamil | culli , kadali, kadalimugai, kadalippuva, karaca, karacam, kodali, mancarokani, naravam , pantuvisakkari, pittacamani, poo-maruthu, pumarudu, punkanai, varni |
| Telugu | chennangi, varagogu, waragogu |
| Tagalog | Banaba |
| Bengali | Jarul |
| Common names | giant crepe-myrtle, Queen's crepe-myrtle, banabá plant,pride of India |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Ethnopharmacology use
Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. Tree - Postpartum health General Chithra et al. 2016
References
Literature
Literature
Chithra et al. 2016
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 1 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Lagerstroemia speciosa. (2024, July 4). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagerstroemia_speciosa