Is Jacaranda a green-leaf or deciduous plant?
Jacaranda is a plant that can serve as both an ornamental tree species and a timber source for furniture, and there are many places in our country where jacaranda is grown, so is jacaranda a green-leaf or deciduous plant?
1. Growth habits of jacaranda
Jacaranda is a plant of the Bignoniaceae family and the genus Jacaranda, also called blue mist tree, Brazilian rosewood, purple cloud wood, etc. It is a tree species grown for its ornamental value, foliage and flowers. Jacaranda generally reaches a height of 15 m, and its flowering period is from May to June each year.
Jacaranda prefers a warm, humid, sunny growing environment and is not tolerant of frost or snow, but it is not strict about soil conditions and can grow well in ordinary neutral and slightly acidic soils.
The main varieties of jacaranda are divided into two types: Jacaranda cuspidifolia and Jacaranda mimosifolia. Among them, Jacaranda cuspidifolia generally has hairless leaves, with 8-15 pairs of small pinnae, each pinna having fewer than 8 pairs of leaflets, and flowers no longer than 5 cm.
2. Is jacaranda green-leaf or deciduous?
Jacaranda is a deciduous tree, native to South America, Argentina, Brazil and other places. It is now also cultivated in Guangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Xishuangbanna and other places in our country, and it is a highly ornamental plant.
3. What value does jacaranda have?
1. Economic value
Jacaranda is a kind of timber that can be used to make paper. Its wood powder has relatively low initial whiteness and a relatively high lignin content, and it is also a kind of timber quite suitable for papermaking;
Jacaranda can also be used to make furniture. Its wood is yellow-white to gray, soft and light, with straight grain, and it is also relatively easy to process.
2. Ornamental value
Jacaranda can be planted as an ornamental tree species along roadsides, and can also be planted in gardens and courtyards. Jacaranda blooms once each year in summer and autumn, and during the peak flowering period the whole tree is covered with purple-blue flowers, very elegant and delicate, suitable for viewing.