Jacaranda mimosifolia

• Botanical Name : Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don
• Synonyms : Jacaranda ovalifolia R.Br.
• Common Name : Blue or Mimosa-Leafed Jacaranda
• Plant Family : Bignoniaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 2, 4, 28
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Van Chetana Kendra

About Jacaranda mimosifolia Plant :

• Habit : A large deciduous tree.
• Leaves : Opposite, distant, bipinnate, leaflets oblong-rhomboid, the terminal larger.
• Inflorescence : Many-flowered terminal panicles.
• Flowers :
  • Violet-blue in colour, calyx small, 5-toothed.
  • Corolla campanulate, tube slender and curved below, inflated above, limb bilipped.
  • Stamens 4, didynamous, staminode as long as the stamens, club-shaped at the apex.
  • Ovary superior, ovules many, style short, stigma bilobed.
• Fruit : Capsule oblong, ovate or rounded and woody.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : March-April.
• Significance : Found in residential areas.