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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 decurrens is a medicinal plant native to Cerrado vegetation. [1] In Portuguese the species goes by the common name Colomba and pará parai mi. [2] The plant is used for gynecological infections and other conditions. [3]: 112 The species is native to Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia. [4]
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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.
Jacaranda caroba, the Brazilian caroba-tree, is a medicinal plant [1] native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. [2] References
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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.