Jacaranda
Jacaranda mimosifolia · Family: Bignoniaceae
- Light
- sun
- Watering
- low
- Hardy to
- -3 °C
- Soil
- any
Where it grows on Tenerife
Grows in: North coast · South coast
With watering: South, 300–1000 m
Indicative conditions, reviewed by Marianna.
Photos
Origin and history
Native to Argentina and Bolivia. Its lilac bloom in May is a familiar sight on the streets of Santa Cruz and La Laguna.
Written for this site, pending Marianna's review.
From Wikipedia
Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree native to south-central South America that has been widely planted elsewhere because of its attractive and long-lasting violet-colored flowers. It is also known as the jacaranda, blue jacaranda, Nupur or black poui. Older sources call it J. acutifolia, but modern authorities usually classify it as J. mimosifolia. In scientific usage, the name "jacaranda" refers to the genus Jacaranda, which has many other members, but in horticultural and everyday usage, it nearly always means the blue jacaranda.
In its native range in the wild, J. mimosifolia is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
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