Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don

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Jacaranda mimosifolia

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Domboshawa

Jacaranda mimosifolia

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Mutare

Jacaranda mimosifolia

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Fairhaven Rd, Nyanga

Jacaranda mimosifolia

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Ewanrigg

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
St George's College, Harare

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
St George's College, Harare

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
St George's College, Harare

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
Piers Road, Borrowdale

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
Piers Road, Borrowdale

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
Piers Road, Borrowdale

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Photo: Mark Hyde
Piers Road, Borrowdale

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Synonyms:
Common names: Jacaranda (English)
Description: Tree to 20 m. Leaves 15-40 × 10-20 cm; pinnae opposite or subopposite with (10-)15-20 pairs; each pinna imparipinnate. Leaflets oblong to elliptic, sessile, opposite, subopposite to alternate, slightly asymmetric, markedly apiculate, 15-25 leaflets each side of the pinna axis, terminal leaflet longer and long-acuminate. Flowers purple, 5 cm × 4 cm wide. Capsule c. 5 cm in diameter. Seeds with a prominent wing.
Notes: A commonly planted and spectacular street tree. Now frequently naturalised and sometimes quite invasive.
Derivation of specific name: mimosifolia: leaves like a Mimosa (2 pinnate)
Flowering time:Sep - Nov
Worldwide distribution: Brazil
Growth form(s): Tree.
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Image last updated: Wednesday 3 January 2018
Literature:

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 273.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 30.

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Jacaranda mimosifolia
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Jacaranda mimosifolia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Jacaranda mimosifolia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Jacaranda mimosifolia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Jacaranda mimosifolia
African Plant Database: Jacaranda mimosifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Jacaranda mimosifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Jacaranda mimosifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Jacaranda mimosifolia
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iNaturalist: Jacaranda mimosifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Jacaranda mimosifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Plants of the World Online: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Tropicos: Jacaranda mimosifolia
Wikipedia: Jacaranda mimosifolia


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated Plants: Species information: Jacaranda mimosifolia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/species.php?species_id=152390, retrieved 29 March 2024

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