Crape myrtle - Crape myrtle

...The purple crape myrtle, L. amabilis Makino, is thought to be a hybrid between the Japanese crape myrtle and the Japanese striped crape myrtle, and is very similar to the Japanese crape myrtle except that its branches tend to spread out horizontally and its petioles are somewhat longer. The large-flowered crape myrtle, L. speciosa Pers., is native to Southeast Asia and has large flowers, making it an important roadside tree in the tropics, but does not grow outdoors in Japan. [Tachibana Yoshishige]...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "crape myrtle" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…また，ムラサキサルスベリL.amabilis Makinoは，サルスベリとシマサルスベリとの雑種と考えられており，枝が横に広がりやすく，葉柄がやや長いほかはサルスベリによく似ている。オオバナサルスベリL.speciosa Pers.は東南アジア原産で，花が大きく熱帯では重要な街路樹であるが，日本の戸外では育たない。【立花 吉茂】。…

※「オオバナサルスベリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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