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The name is of South American (more specifically Tupi-Guarani) origin, meaning fragrant. [3] The word jacaranda was described in A supplement to Mr. Chambers's Cyclopædia, 1st ed., (1753) as "a name given by some authors to the tree the wood of which is the log-wood, used in dyeing and medicine" and as being of Tupi-Guarani origin, [4] [5] by way of Portuguese. [6]
Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its attractive and long-lasting violet-colored flowers. It is also known as the jacaranda , blue jacaranda , black poui , Nupur or fern tree .
Jacaranda caerula was described in 1805 by French naturalist Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire. [4] It grows up to 12 metres (39 ft) in height and has 40 cm long, bipinnate leaves each with 8 to 26 pinna. [5] The flowers are purplish blue in colour with a tubular shape, being narrower towards the base and larger at the tip.
Many species of Bignoniaceae have some use, either commercially or ethnobotanically, but the most important, by far, are those planted as ornamentals, especially the flowering trees. Jacaranda, Campsis, Pyrostegia, Tabebuia, Catalpa, Roseodendron, Handroanthus and Crescentia all have species of horticultural significance, at least in warm climates.
Jacaranda: jacaranda trees ; Jacaranda mimosifolia: blue jacaranda; black poui Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Kigelia: sausage trees ; Kigelia africana: African sausage tree Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Markhamia: markhamia trees ; Markhamia lutea: markhamia; Nile tulip tree; siala Bignoniaceae (trumpet creeper family) Paulownia ...
Young trees have a long trunk with no branches. Large leaves grow directly from the top of the trunk giving them an appearance similar to tree ferns. When mature, J. copaia grows to 30 to 35 metres (98 to 115 ft) and is normally branch free for more than 50% of its height.
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Jacaranda micrantha is a species of flowering plant, a tree in the family Bignoniaceae. [3] Jacaranda micrantha is a deciduous tree and typically grows 8 to 20 meters in height and 70 centimeters in diameter. The tree is harvested from the wild as source for medicine and wood to the locals. [1] It is native to Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. [4]