10 Graines Flamboyant bleu, Jacaranda Mimosifolia

10 Graines Flamboyant bleu, Jacaranda Mimosifolia


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Flamboyant blue - jacaranda mimosifolia

10 seeds Average germination: 60% - Rusticity up to -7 ° C

The flamboyant blue (Jacaranda Mimosifolia) is a species of subtropical tree of the family of Bignoniaceae Originally from the South Center of theAmerica South. It has been widely planted elsewhere because of its magnificent and durable blue summer flowering.

It is also known as Blue Jacaranda, Poui Noir, or as Fougère Tree or Oyster Tree in reference to the shape of its fruits. The older sources call it Jacaranda Acutifolia, but it is today more often classified as Jacaranda Mimosifolia. In scientific use, the name Jacaranda refers to the genre Jacaranda , which has many other species, but in horticultural and daily use, this almost always means Jacaranda blue.

The cabinetmakers call it false-Rosewood1. It is also called "monkey applause" in Guarani language due to the noise of its fruits stroke in the wind2,3. It is undoubtedly the best known species of the genus Jacaranda. However, it is threatened.

Jacaranda Mimosifolia is a tree up to 20 meters high. It grows in USDA zone 9.

Its gray-brown bark is slim and smooth when the tree is young and then becomes scaly. The twigs are thin and slightly zigzag; They are light reddish brown in color.

The flowers are up to 5 cm long and are grouped into Panicles 30 cm. They appear in the spring and early summer and last up to two months. They are followed by cloves of woody seeds, about 5 cm in diameter, which contain many flat and winged seeds.

The blue jacaranda is cultivated even in the areas where it rarely flowers, for its large compound leaves. They measure up to 45 cm long and are composed of two pennies, with leaflets of just over 1 cm in length. There is a white form available in nurseries.

The unusual and resistant form pods, 5.1 to 7.6 cm in diameter, are often picked, cleaned and used to decorate Christmas trees.

Contents subject to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. Source : Article Flamboyant Blue by Wikipedia in French (Authors)


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