Taxon: Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don

Common names:

• jakaranda   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• jacaranda   (Source: AH 505 ) – Portuguese
  
• caroba-guassú   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• jacarandá-caroba   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• jacarandá-mimoso   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• palissandra   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• jacaranda   (Source: F Bajio ) – Spanish
  
• jakaranda   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F Neotrop 25(2):89. 1992; Plantation Trees; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Weed   (fide Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Western South America: Bolivia [s.]
  Southern South America: Argentina - Entre Rios, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman; Paraguay - Alto Paraguay, Cordillera; Uruguay

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: South Africa; Swaziland
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile - Juan Fernandez

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Fabris, H. A. 1967. Flora Argentina. Bignoniaceae. Rev. Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 9:294–297.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Gentry, A. H. 1992. Bignoniaceae - Part II (Tribe Tecomeae). Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 25(2):88.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1982. Flora de Veracruz. 24:115–118. [introduced].
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Luna, R. K. 1996. Plantation trees.
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991–. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes. [mentions].
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505.
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Jacaranda mimosifolia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Jacaranda mimosifolia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Jacaranda mimosifolia.

Synonyms:

• (=) Jacaranda chelonia Griseb.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Jacaranda ovalifolia R. Br.
  

Check other web resources for Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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