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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.
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 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Jacaranda copaia is a flowering pioneer tree belonging to the genus Jacaranda. ... [2] Distribution
Dalbergia nigra produces a very hard and heavy wood, characteristically varied in colour from brick red through various shades of brown (medium to nearly black). Pieces that feature veins of black colouration called spider webbing or landscape grain are especially prized.
Jacaranda brasiliana is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae. It is native to Brazil, including in the Amazon, Cerrado, and Caatinga domains - typically from Mato Grosso to Minas Gerais, and Pará to Bahia. [1] [2] The flowers can be collected from November to February, with the fruit collected in February. [2]
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