Jacaranda mimosifolia (Jacaranda tree) Life
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Jacaranda in flower along street in Cape Town.
[photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Jacaranda mimosifolia is a tree native to
Bolivia and Argentina in South America that is grown as a garden and street tree
because of its colourful blue flowers. In South Africa it is conspicuous in many
towns and cities but is best known from Pretoria where there are many avenues of
Jacaranda trees. However, it has become naturalised in woodland regions of South
Africa and is a Category 3 declared
invader plant in South Africa meaning that you are not permitted to grow
this plant but plants growing at the time this legislation appeard (March 2001)
are allowed to exist, provided that they are not within 30 m of the 50 year
flood line of a river, lake or other sort of inland water body. This declared
status excludes sterile cultivar 'Alba'.
Text by Hamish Robertson |