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A review on Pharmacognostical, Phytochemical & Pharmacological Investigation of Lagerstroemia speciosa

Sachin Dimri

Lagerstroemia Speciosa is a species of Lagerstroemia belong to family Lythraceae. This plant is also known as a pride of India or a Qween’s crepe myrtle. Common name is Jarul. The plant Lagerstroemia is a small or a medium size tree (20-30 m), the size of leaves 8-14 cm long or 3-7 cm broad, the size of flowers 20-30 cm and the flower petals size 2-3 cm. Basically this plant growth in India, South east. This is an Ornamental plant. This plant seedshave narcotic properties. Different part of the plant may showed different activity as Leaves have hypoglycaemic activities and fruits are uses for aphthae of mouth. Corosoli acid, Amyl Alcohol, Ellagic acid, Hydroxyl benzoic acid, Methionine and Alanine these chemical constituent are present in Lagerstroemia plant. Pharmacological Properties or a used of this plant as a Anti diabetic, Antiviral activity, Cytotoxic activity, Anti-Inflamatory activity, Anti-Oxidant activity, Anti-Microbial activity.