pride-of-india

Noun

• native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

• tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  Queen's crape myrtle , pride-of-India , Lagerstroemia speciosa , chinaberry , chinaberry tree , China tree , Persian lilac , azederach , azedarach , Melia azederach , Melia azedarach