Trees With Purple Flowers Jacaranda

Tree with Purple Flowers is also known as the Jacaranda. It belongs to the kingdom: plantae, division: magnoliophyta, class: Magnoliopsida, order: lamiales, family: bignoniaceae and genus- jacaranda. It is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants. It grows mainly in the Tropical and Subtropical regions of south, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

It is also known as the genus. The species of this tree consists of shrubs and tall tress of 2-30m tall. In most of the species the leaves are bipinnate and in most they are pinnate. The flowers of the Trees with Purple Flowers are of large panicles, each featured with five-lobed blue to purple blue corolla. Its fruit is in oval flattened capsule which consists of slender seeds.

Trees with Purple flowers are divided into two sections according to their genus; first is Jacaranda and Dilobos DC. It comprises of 18species, mainly found in the regions of western South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Its species are sect. Jacaranda which includes Jacaranda acutifolia Bonpl, Jacaranda arborea Urb, Jacaranda brasiliana (Lam.), Pers. Jacaranda caerulea (L.) J.St.-Hil. and many more.

Second Trees with Purple flowers section is Dilobas covering 31species, in Southeastern Brazil and even in the Parana River Valley. Its species are Sect. Dilobos: Jacaranda bracteata Bur. & K.Schum, Jacaranda campinae A.Gentry & Morawetz, Jacaranda carajasensis A.Gentry, The Jacaranda caroba (Vell.) DC and many more.

Some Trees with Purple Flowers are grown as ornamental plants, they are valued high for its displays. Especially the Jacaranda Mmosifolia, Jacaranda Copaia is famously for its timber. Pretoria (S.A.) is the Jacaranda city as it has large amount of Jacaranda on streets, parks, gardens. When it blooms the whole city looks like a purple city. At the time it blooms is the time for exams pf University of Pretoria, it is believed that if a purple flowers drop on anyone that means the person is sure to pass. Pretoria enjoys its highest production.

University of Queensland (Australia) has huge display of purple flowers, people claims one wont start studying for exams until Jacarandas have molted. At Sydney University by the time the Jacaranda in the main quadrangle flowers, its too late to start studying for exams. Brisbane city-Australia has applied Trees with Purple Flowers to line avenues, commercial development (Brisbane River in particular). In Grafton (Australia) every year in October a Jacaranda Festival is held. Jacaranda is also famous in Florida, S.W. of U.S. and even Israel. Wikipedia