Lagerstroemia speciosa, Manimaruthu, Queen of flowers, മണിമരുത്

Family: Lythraceae
Vernacular names: Manimaruthu, മണിമരുത് (Malayalam), Queen of flowers (English), Kramuka (Sanskrit), Arjuna (Hindi), Kadali (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Bark yellowish-brown, smooth. Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite. Flowers bisexual, purple white, in terminal panicles; inflorescence puberulus. Fruit a capsule; seeds, winged.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, mostly along banks of streams; planted as avenue tree
Flowering & Fruiting: March-November

Parts used: Bark, leaves, flowers, root and fruits
Properties & Uses: Purgative, diuretic, deobstruent and antispetic. Decoction of dried fruits and leaves used in wound dressing and diabetes. Seeds used to treat Malaria. Bark decoction is used to treat abdominal pains, stomachic and dysentery. Root decoction used to treat jaundice.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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