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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 .
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]
Bignoniaceae are most noted for ornamentals, such as Jacaranda, Tabebuia and Spathodea, grown for their conspicuous, tubular flowers. [8] A great many species are known in cultivation. [9] Various other uses have been made of members of this family. [10] Several species were of great importance to the indigenous peoples of the American tropics ...
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Jacaranda is a genus for 49 different species of flowering plants. It also may refer to: Jacaranda mimosifolia, a sub-tropical tree known for its blue/purple flowers; Pretoria, known as the Jacaranda City; Jacaranda, University of Sydney, a famous specimen in the main quadrangle of the University of Sydney
Jacaranda mimosifolia: Jacaranda acutifolia: Blue Jacaranda [606] Jacobaea maritima subsp. sicula: Senecio bicolor: Sicilian Silver Ragwort: Kromb il-baħar isfar [607] Jasminum azoricum: Jasminum trifoliatum: Azores Jasmine [608] Juglans regia: Juglans fallax: Walnut: Ġewża [609] Juncellus distachyos: Cyperus laevigatus subsp. distachyos ...
The jacaranda was a historically significant specimen of Jacaranda mimosifolia tree that stood in the south-eastern corner of the University of Sydney main quadrangle, and now describes its clone replanted in the same location. The first planting was in 1928 by Associate Professor Eben Gowrie Waterhouse, and replaced several times in the 1930s ...