jak-uh-RAHN-duh -- from the Portugese jacarandá, having a hard core or branch
ob-too-sih-FOH-lee-uh -- meaning, blunt leaf
rom-bif-OH-lee-uh -- meaning, leaves in a diamond shape
fil-ee-kee-FOH-lee-uh -- meaning, fern-like leaves
commonly known as: bluntleaf jacaranda, fern tree, green ebony
Native to: Caribbean islands, northern South America
... inflorescence, a large pyramidal panicle ... flower, similar in shape of foxglove flower ... deep blue-mauve coloured long, bent swelling tube, with five unequal lobes.
... leaves crowded at the end of long branches ... compound, bipinnate, opposite ... leaflets many opposite, with obtuse base, acute apex.