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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 (/ b ɪ ɡ ˌ n oʊ n i ˈ eɪ s i iː /) [3] is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpet vines. [4] It is not known to which of the other families in the order it is most closely related.
Michael King, forestry program coordinator for the city of Pasadena, which has nearly 2,000 jacaranda, or Jacaranda mimosifolia, says the tree's popularity likely spread throughout Southern ...
Wahiawa Botanical Garden. Wahiawa Botanical Garden. The Wahiawa Botanical Garden, 27 acres (11 ha) is a botanical garden on a high plateau in central Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, United States, located between the Wai'anae and Ko'olau mountain ranges. [1]
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Jacaranda (Blue Jacaranda, Palisander, Nupur नुपुर, Neelmohar नीलमोहर, Green Ebony Tree) -- Jacaranda mimosifolia Baobab (Gorak amli & goram lichora in Hindi, Gorak chinch in Gujarati, Paparapulia & Perruka in Tamil) -- Adansonia digitata
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