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In Singapore: Thai Bungor, Bungur, Burmese Bungor, Salao (Grown in Singapore)
1 NParks heritage tree in Singapore: Found in
Lagerstroemia loudonii is a medium-sized flowering tree from Thailand and Burma, reaching 10 to 20 m, valued for its pink flower clusters in parks. It needs a warm, frost-free climate and plenty of sun.
Lagerstroemia loudonii (Thai: เสลา; RTGS: salao) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lythraceae.
Its origin is in Burma and Thailand, where it is found in the wild in Isan and the east down to central Thailand.
Lagerstroemia × egolfii · Thai Crape Myrtle · Crapemyrtle · Lagerstroemia langkawiensis · 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 loudonii 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.
