Jacaranda

Jacaranda mimosifolia
Jacaranda mimosifolia flowers and leaves.jpg
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J. mimosifolia
Binomial name
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Synonyms
  • Jacaranda chelonia Griseb.
  • Jacaranda ovalifolia R.Br.

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 pale indigo flowers. It is also known as jacaranda, blue jacaranda, black poui, or as the fern tree. Older sources call it Jacaranda acutifolia, but it is nowadays more usually classified as Jacaranda mimosifolia. In scientific usage, the name "jacaranda" refers to the genus Jacaranda, which has many other members, but in horticultural and everyday usage, it nearly always means the blue jacaranda.

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