Jacaranda

Jacaranda mimosifolia
Jacaranda
One of the most popular exotic imports in Southern California, this single species of leafy garden shrub or street tree boasts 8-inch-long clusters of 2-inch-long blue to violet flowers.

jacaranda Bignoniaceae Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don   symbol: JAMI
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Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda) - A deciduous to semi-evergreen tree that grows to 40 feet tall, with a 30 foot spread - more if low branched.

Jacaranda mimosifolia. JACARANDA. Brazil
BIGNONIACEAE (Bignonia family) ...

Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) is regarded as an environmental weed in New South Wales and Queensland.

Jacaranda is good for urban, street and boulevard plantings. Indeed, the first I ever heard of this tree was when Gidget (Sally Fields in the TV series NOT Sandra Dee in the movie version) was distraught because the city was going to cut down the ...

Jacaranda. Some flower twice a year.
Jamaica Dogwood.
Jatropha hastata. Good nectar plant for butterflies. Also for sheltering and pupating butterflies.

Jacarandas are grown widely in warm parts of the world and in greenhouses for their showy blue or violet flowers and attractive, oppositely paired, compound leaves. The genus includes about 50 species.

Jacaranda ( Jacaranda mimosifolia )
Jack A. Sand Knap Hill Azalea ( Rhododendron )
Jack Acland Fuchsia ( Fuchsia ) ...

Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia), Zone 9b only
Japanese Flowering Apricot (Prunus mume)
Japanese Persimmon (Diospyros kaki) ...

Jacaranda obtusifolia ssp. rhombifolia
Jacaranda filicifolia, Bignonia filicifolia, Jacaranda rhombifolia
Bignoniaceae ...

1(?2)/55: Jacaranda (50). Tropical America.
[Tourrettieae [Tecomeae [Bignonieae [[Catalpeae + Oroxyleae] [Crescentieae + Coleae]]]]]: ?
2. Tourrettieae G. Don ...

Algaroba - Jacaranda procera
Algarrobo - Ceratonia siliqua
Algazul - Mesembryanthemum crystallinus
Algodón - Gossypium herbaceum
Algodón de seda - Calotropis gigantea
Algodonero - Gossypium herbaceum
Algodonosa - Diotis maritima ...

Jacaranda (Jacaranda ovalifolia, Jacaranda mimosifolia)
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Jade plant (Crassula arborescens, Crassula cotyledon)
Japanese andromeda, pieris (Pieris japonica)
Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) ...

Yellow Jacaranda [English]: Peltophorum dubium
Yellow Jacaranda [English]: Tipuana tipu
Yellow Jacket Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Yellow Jacket'
Yellow Jacket Hosta [English]: Hosta 'Yellow Jacket' ...

Jacaranda Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don (Category 3) (Excluding sterile cultivar "Alba")
Jambolan Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels (Category 3)
Japanese wax - leaved privet Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. (Category 3)
Johnson grass Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Brazilian rosewood, or jacaranda (D. nigra), is one of Brazil's finest woods, important in its commerce for 300 years but now close to extinction.

Other common names for this family include jacaranda family, bignonia family or catalpa family. This family is commonly found as ornamental plants due to their large and often colorful flowers.

---Medicinal Actions and Uses---The value of the Jacaranda active principles has been proved in syphilis and venereal diseases, being widely used by the aborigines of Brazil and other South American countries.

Norfolk Island Pine (bright, filtered light)
Japanese Aralia (will tolerate some shade)
Jacaranda (bright light)
Chinese Fountain Palm ( indirect light)
Parlour Palm (bright, indirect light)
Weeping Fig (bright, filtered light) ...

See also: Bignonia, May, Green, Lavender, Orange