Yes indeed it is- the local name is jarul I think. Just. 1 week after I took this photo, the purple flowers are blooming :)
Sent from my iPad On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:17 PM, jmgarg1 <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > Some earlier relevant feedback: > “Looks like Lagerstoemia speciosa to me. I imagine why they call it pride of > India. This should an exotic plant.” from Pankaj ji. > > > On 1 April 2012 21:19, Vishnu <vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Experts > > Date:01/04/2012 > Location: Cox Town, Bangalore > > > > > > Regards > Vishnu > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a thousand species & > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them > for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & > 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more > than 6500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. >
