Lagerstroemia loudonii Teijsm. & Binn.

De Wilde, Willem J. J. O. & Duyfjes, Brigitta E. E., 2016, Survey of Lagerstroemia L. (Lythraceae) in Indochina (excl. Thailand) with the description of Lagerstroemia densiflora, sp. nov., a new species from Vietnam, Adansonia 38 (2), pp. 241-255 : 249-250

11. Lagerstroemia loudonii Teijsm. & Binn.

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 25: 425 (1863) (‘loudoni’); Gagnep., Flore générale de l’Indo-Chine 2: 954 (1921). — Craib, Florae Siamensis Enumeratio 1: 724 (1931). — Furtado & Srisuko, Garden’s Bulletin Singapore 24: 303, fig. 43 (1969). — P. H. Hô, An Illustrated Flora ofVietnam 2 (1): 27, fig. 3669 (1992). — S. Gardner et al., A Field Guide to Forest Trees of Northern Thailand: 202: 441 (2000). — W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes, Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 41: 98 (2013). — W. J. de Wilde et al., Flora of Thailand 11 (4): 569 (2014). — Type: Thailand, Kanchanaburi (Boekit Petjaboeri), Teijsmann 5938 (holo-, U!; iso-, BO![3 duplicate-sheets]) .

SPOT- CHARACTERS. — Medium sized (or tall) tree; bark light brown, thin, cracking and flaking; leaf venation scalariform; inflorescences lateral (axillary); petals fimbriate.

DISTRIBUTION. — Thailand, and elsewhere introduced.

NOTE

Lagerstroemia loudonii is endemic to Thailand. In Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam it is only known cultivated as an ornamental tree.