pride-of-india
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Tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits;
Naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree (synset 112716736)is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiospermsbelongs to: genus melia, melia - type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash -
Native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma;
Used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers (synset 112349990)is a type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovarybelongs to: genus lagerstroemia, lagerstroemia - shrubs or small trees of tropical Asia and Africa usually with showy white, pink, or purplish flowerssame as: lagerstroemia speciosa, queen's crape myrtle
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