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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 .
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 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]
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 ...
The tree is evergreen or semi-deciduous and produces bluish purple flowers from August to November. 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.
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]
A fibrous root system is the opposite of a taproot system. It is usually formed by thin, moderately branching roots growing from the stem. A fibrous root system is universal in monocotyledonous plants and ferns. The fibrous root systems look like a mat made out of roots when the plant has reached full maturity.
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