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Lagerstroemia langkawiensis

Lagerstroemia langkawiensis is a small tree in the loosestrife family, native to Langkawi Island in western Malaysia and nearby wet tropical forest. It is rarely cultivated and is threatened by habitat loss, so care guidance is based on general knowledge of tropical Lagerstroemia.

Family
Lythraceae (Loosestrife family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and reduce watering slightly in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam or a peat-based potting mix.
Temperature
22–34 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Pen. Thailand to NW. Pen. Malaysia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Lagerstroemia langkawiensis is a species of small tree in the family Lythraceae. It is endemic to Langkawi Island, Western Malaysia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Lagerstroemia plants

Lagerstroemia × egolfii · Thai Crape Myrtle · Crapemyrtle · Lagerstroemia loudonii · Pride of India · Lagerstroemia tomentosa · Crepe Myrtle

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lagerstroemia langkawiensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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