jacaranda Bignoniaceae Jacaranda mimosifolia

Leaf:Alternate, bipinnately compound, 8 to 15 inches long, 13 to 25 pairs of major leaflets, each with a similar number of minor leaflets, green above and paler below.
Flower:Beautiful, lavender blue, tubular, 1 inch long, appearing in dense 6 to 10 inch terminal clusters in spring; spectacular display in spring and early summer with often the entire tree and later the ground turning blue as the flowers fall off.
Fruit:Round, flat, reddish brown, woody capsule, 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter containing numerous small winged seeds.
Twig:Slender, slightly zigzag, light reddish brown.
Bark:Thin, gray-brown, smooth for sometime but becoming finely scaly when old.
Form:A small tree reaching up to 25 to 40 feet tall with a spreading, arching vase shaped crown. In urban use it is important to prune into one dominant trunk.

leaf flower fruit bark form map

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