Yes. Looks like * Lagerstoemia speciosa* ( syn. *Lagerstroemia flos reginae*, ) only. I am sending the photographs from Mysore city in a separate mail. The tree is in full bloom in various parts of this city.
On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 6:50 PM, vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com < vishnu.agniho...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Dbnr_6_qwE/T3hwrHqOR7I/AAAAAAAAAiE/kBfNs-VrtXA/s1600/Pride%2Bof%2BIndia-1-web.jpg> >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-G7lFu6pYsc4/T3hwrhSmKuI/AAAAAAAAAiM/wL8dEWmkUxk/s1600/Pride%2Bof%2BIndia-2-web.jpg> >> 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'. > >
