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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don (BIGNONIACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
Jacaranda, Blue Jacaranda, Black Poui, Fern Tree

Description

Small deciduous tree 5-15 m tall. Leaves bi-pinnately compound, opposite, up to 45 cm long with fine leaflets (fern-like). Flowers up to 5 cm long, bell-shaped in clusters of up to 30 cm long, purple. Fruits woody seed pod, rounded, flattened, c. 5 cm across with winged seeds.

Ecology

Bushland, grassland, wooded ravines and riverbanks.

Distribution

Bolivia and Argentina.

Uses

Often grown as ornamental. It does better in climates with strong seasonality where it produces complete purple blooms. In wetter areas lacking seasonality, it remains evergreen with poor flowering pattern.