genus Lagerstroemia
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Related to genus Lagerstroemia: Lagerstroemia indica, Lagerstroemia speciosa
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Noun | 1. | genus Lagerstroemia - shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowers plant genus - a genus of plants family Lythraceae, loosestrife family, Lythraceae - herbs and shrubs and small trees with pink or purple flowers crape myrtle, crepe flower, crepe myrtle, Lagerstroemia indica - ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States Lagerstroemia speciosa, Queen's crape myrtle, pride-of-India - native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers |
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