Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don

English: Jacaranda

German: Jacaranda, Palisanderholzbaum

Portuguese: Jacarandá-mimoso

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Lamiales (199)

        Family: Bignoniaceae (20)(family description)

          Genus: Jacaranda (3)

            Epithet: mimosifolia D.Don (1)

Synonyms: Jacaranda chelonia Griseb., Jacaranda filicifolia D. Don ex Seem., Jacaranda ovalifolia R.Br.

filicifolia => fern-leaved

mimosifolia => leaves as of Mimosa

ovalifolia => oval-leaved

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: purple

Check for Jacaranda mimosifolia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [287] Jacaranda mimosifolia - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.