Crape-myrtle,Sarusuberi,サルスベリ

Crape-myrtle,Sarusuberi,サルスベリ

About meaning of sarusuberi,サルスベリhiragana in Japanese

 saru,サル：a monkey

 suberi,スベリ：be slippery

Because the disease resistance has a flower beautifully, and this plant native to southern China does not grow big more than required, it is often planted in a garden or the park willingly.

In Japan, the name of this plant is called "sarusuberi" which means because it is a slippery tree, even a monkey slides down. And, other name is ”hyakujitukou”,"百日紅”in Chinese characters, which means a hundred days long flowering.

The crape myrtle with colors of a flower such as crimson, light red, purple, the white is planted in a park, the garden of the private residence and pleases the eyes of people in hot summer. However, I may sometimes feel crimson flowers at the time of the intense heat to be hotter.