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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 35
- Scientific Name: Lagerstroemia microcarpa Wight
- Synonym: Lagerstroemia lanceolata Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
- Family: Lythraceae
- Trade Name: Benteak
- Common Name: Venthekku, Vellilavu
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: വെൺതേക്ക് , വെള്ളിലാവ്
- Native: West India
- Specimen from: Thalippadam (Nenmara)
- State & Region: Kerala, India
- Date of Collection: Friday, May 18, 1979
- Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Deciduous trees, to 30 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, greyish or greyish-white.Leaves simple, opposite, flowers bisexual white, fruit a capsule.
- Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are distinct. Vessels semi-ring-porous to ring-porous, large in earlywood, medium to small in latewood, solitary or in radial multiples of 2 or 3; usually filled with abundant tyIoses.The rays are very fine, and closely spaced.
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- Other Accessions of Lagerstroemia microcarpa Wight