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Jacaranda
mimosifolia D. Don
Synonym : Jacaranda ovalifolia R. Br.
Family
: Bignoniaceae
Local Names
: Jacaranda
Flowering
and fruiting period:
December – July
Distribution: Native of South
America
Habitat: Planted as
ornamental tree
IUCN
status:
Vulnerable
Endemic: No
Uses: Ornamental, Avenue
plant. In folk tradition the flowers, leaves and bark are used to ease
neuralgia and varicose veins. It is scientifically proven that Jacaranda has
qualities that treat leukaemia
Key
Characters:
Deciduous trees. Leaves bipinnate, opposite, decussate, estipulate; pinnae
15-18 pairs, opposite or subopposite; lamina, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate.
Flowers bisexual, blue, in lax pyramidal panicles terminal or axillary; calyx
truncate, lobes 5; tube narrow and curved below, inflated above; limb 2-lipped;
lobes 5, round; stamens 4, didynamous; ovary superior, 2-celled; ovules many;
style apically bluish. Fruit a capsule.
