Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, simple. Inflorescences of showy flowers in axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx turbinate or hemispherical, usually 5-8-lobed; tube straight. Petals 5-8, clawed; limb often crinkled or fringed. Stamens numerous. Ovary 3-6-locular. Fruit a woody capsule, loculicidally dehiscent by 3-6 valves. Seeds winged.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Lagerstroemia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1825
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
