The Crape-Myrtle, native to China, is a long-lived tree with strong adaptability. Its history of cultivation can be dated back to thousands of years ago. It was planted in the Chang’an court in the Tang Dynasty and has been introduced to all parts of the world in recent centuries. Westerners found the tree in India, so the French called it Indian Lilac. Its Latin name is from the Swedish businessman Magnus von Lagerstrm, who provided samples of the plant to Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist who created the binomial nomenclature of taxonomic classification. Crape-Myrtles symbolize luck, eloquence and femininity.