TreeCultivatedPerennial

Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don

Gul e Neelum

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Description

Jacaranda mimosifolia is a deciduous to semi-evergreen tree, usually 10–20 m tall, with a broad spreading crown. Leaves are opposite, bipinnately compound, fern-like, and finely divided into numerous small leaflets. Flowers are large, tubular, lavender-blue to violet, and arranged in large terminal panicles that often appear before or with the leaves. Fruits are flat, circular, woody capsules containing numerous thin winged seeds.

Diagnostic Characters

Vegetative

Finely divided bipinnate fern-like leaves.

Floral

Large lavender-blue trumpet-shaped flowers in terminal panicles.

Fruit & Seed

Flat circular woody capsules containing winged seeds.

Distribution

Native range: Northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia.

Introduced range: Widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions.

In Pakistan: Common ornamental tree in Pakistan, especially in parks, roadsides, and university campuses.

Phenology

Flowering

Fruiting

Flowering: March–May Fruiting: June–September

Ethnobotany & Uses

Uses

One of the world's most popular ornamental flowering trees. Provides excellent shade in urban landscapes. Flowers attract bees and other pollinators.

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Where it grows on campus

South Campus2

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Taxonomic Notes

Jacaranda mimosifolia is readily distinguished by its fern-like bipinnate foliage and spectacular lavender-blue flowers. It is accepted by Flora of Pakistan, POWO, and WFO.