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