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jacaranda

tree, Jacaranda genus

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Last Updated: Nov 7, 2024 • Article History

Related Topics:: Bignoniaceae; Jacaranda cuspidifolia; Jacaranda mimosifolia

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jacaranda, any plant of the genus Jacaranda (family Bignoniaceae), especially the two ornamental trees J. mimosifolia and J. cuspidifolia. They are widely grown 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 native to Central and South America and to the West Indies.

The name jacaranda is also applied to several tree species of the genus Machaerium of the pea family (Fabaceae), from which some of the commercial rosewoods are obtained. Jacaranda cabinet wood is a rosewood from the tree species Dalbergia nigra, also of the pea family.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.