Lagerstroemia microcarpa

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

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