Pride of India
"Pride of India" is a magnificent flowering trees with bright pink to light purple flowers. Its botanical name is "Lagerstroemia speciosa" .
This flower name in Marathi language is Tāmhan and It is a state flower of the state of Maharashtra in India
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| "Pride of India" plant in Mahadevpura Lake, Bangalore, India |
This flower has many regional names. මුරුත (Murutha) in Sinhala and Mahaasona – මහාසොණ in Sanskrit.
English : Pride of India, Queen Crepe Myrtle
Bengali: জারুল (Jarul)
Hindi: जरुल (Jarul)
Indonesian: Bungur
Marathi: ताम्हण (Tamhan), जारुळ (Jarul), मोठा बोंडारा (Motha Bondara)
Assamese: এজাৰ (Ejār)
Tagalog: Banaba
Vietnamese: Bằng lăng nước
Malayalam: മണിമരുത്,പൂമരുത്
Thai: อินทนิล (Inthanin)
Tamil :கதலி (மலர்)
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| Pride of India Flower |
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| Purple colored Pride of India, Bangalore |
This tree leaves are also used in Tea preparation in South East Asian countries such as Philippines, Taiwan, and Japan.
In Vietnam the plant's tender leaves used in food as vegetables , Its old leaves and mature fruit are used in traditional medicine for reducing glucose in blood