JACARANDA FILICIFOLIA 
Jacaranda — Brazilian name; JUicifolia — fern-leaved 
English name : Jacaranda 
Malay name : jambul Merak 
Family : Bignoniaceae 
Country of origin ; South America 
Colour : 
Garden use r 
Propagation : 
pale lilac. 
an ornamental tree, about 30 
feet tall, thriving best in a 
well -drained soil and in full 
sun; deciduous, flowering 
while bare, sometimes on odd 
branches, at irregular intervals 
in most parts of Malaya. 
from seeds. 
A, section of flower, showing two of the four 
fertile stamens (attached to the corolla), the 
£th hairy sterile stamen, ovary with style 
and two-lobed stigma. 
B, fruit (flat) in face view. 
C, fruit from the side, split open. 
D, a seed (very thin). 
E, leaflets. 
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