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Lagerstroemia tomentosa
White Crape Myrtle, Leza
Origin: Southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
| Family |
| Lythraceae |
| Genus |
| Lagerstroemia |
| Species |
| tomentosa |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| Synonyms |
| Murtughas tomentosa |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10a - 11 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 - H1c |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -1.1-10 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 30-40 |
| Height |
| 20 - 35 metres |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Cultivation |
| Grow in moist, well-drained soils in full sun. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Habitat |
| Evergreen, semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous forests, usually occupying the lower slopes of hills and well-drained valleys on deep rich soils; at elevations from 600 - 1,200 metres. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| A straight bole free of branches for most of its height and up to 80 cm in diameter. |
| Leaf Description |
| Oblong-lanceolate to ovate leaves, measuring about 8 - 18 cm long and 4 - 6.5 cm wide, petiole measuring about 4 - 8 mm long, abaxial surface is tomentose. |
| Flower Description |
| White flowers, sometimes pale pink, with crinkled petals and borne in panicles measuring about 8 - 20 m long, sepals measuring about 3 - 4 mm long, numerous stamens clustered in the centre, ovary densely tomentose. |
| Fruit Description |
| The fruit is a globose to ovoid-oblong capsule, measuring about 1 - 1.5 cm by 0.8 - 1.1 cm. Seeds including wings measure about 6 - 7 mm long. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. |
| Propagation |
| By seed. |
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