Mazhar Botanic Garden

Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don

Blue jacaranda Black Poui Fern Tree Green Ebony

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000144
Common name: Blue jacaranda, Black Poui, Fern Tree, Green Ebony
Arabic name: جكرندا
Native: Northwestern Argentina, Southern Bolivia, Brazil
Country: Argentina Australia Brazil
(PGR): Common

Deciduous tree grows to 20 m , Bark grey-brown leaves  up to 45 cm long, bi-pinnately compound, with leaflets little more than 1 cm long flowers blue up to 5 cm long, in 30 cm panicles fruit  pod dry round brown

its native range in the wild, J mimosifolia is listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN

ornamental  plant. Source of timber

Jacaranda ovalifolia R Br , Jacaranda acutifolia auct Non Humb & Bonpl

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Texture: Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds, semi-ripe cuttings of young growths in early summer
Flowering time: Bloom twice a year, once in spring in late May or early June, and again in the fall.
Zone: 10 : 11

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