Lagerstroemia microcarpa

Botanical Name – Lagerstroemia microcarpa

Common Name – Ben Teak, Nana

Distribution

• Nana has distribution at Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra
  in the Western Ghats.
• It has been recently reported from Madhya Pradesh.
  
  

Habitat

• It is found in moist deciduous forests, dry evergreen forests

         and margins of evergreen forests.

Habit

• Large tree
• Deciduous
• Fast growing
  
  

Ecology

• Suitable for land restoration

• Honeybees are the main pollinators
• Preferred nesting tree for honeybees
  
  

Propagation:

• Seeds