Food Plants International - Plant Fact Sheets Lagerstroemia cochinchinensis
Edible: Leaves
A tree. It grows about 20 m tall. The branches are slender. The bark is pale brown. The young shoots and small leaves are hairy. The leaves are narrowly oval and taper to the tip. The base is rounded. They are 4-11 cm long by 2-6 cm wide. The flowering panicles are near the ends of the branches. They are hairy. The fruit is a capsule about 1 cm long. The seeds has wings.
It is a tropical plant.
Common Names: Bang lang, Nam bo