Lagerstroemia speciosa seeds

large tree;
Plant: up to 25 meters tall;
Stem: Bark gray, smooth;
Branches: Branchlets cylindrical, glabrous or slightly covered with bran-like hairs;
Leaves: Leathery, oblong-elliptic or ovate-elliptic, sparsely lanceolate, 10-25 cm long, apex blunt or short pointed, base broadly wedge-shaped or round, glabrous on both sides, 9-17 pairs of lateral veins, on the leaf The edges are connected by curved arches; the petiole is thick, 0.6-1.5 cm long;
Flowers: The flowers are light red or purple, 5 cm in diameter; the terminal panicle is 15-25 (-46) cm long; the pedicel is 1-1.5 cm long, and the inflorescence axis, pedicel and calyx are all covered with yellow-brown bran-like dense felt; Calyx has 12 ribs, covered with chaff-like hairs, about 1.3 cm long, 6 lobes, triangular lobes, recurved, glabrous inside, appendages scaly; petals 6, nearly round to oblong-obovate, 2.5-3.5 cm long , barely shriveled, claws about 5 mm long; stamens 100-200, nearly equal in length; ovary globose, 4-6 cells, glabrous, style 2-3 cm long;
Fruit: Capsule is spherical or obovate-oblong, 2-3.8 cm long, about 2 cm in diameter, brownish gray, with 6 lobes;
Seeds: Many seeds, 1-1.5 cm long;