Jacaranda obtusifolia SEEDS

Jacaranda obtusifolia seeds grow into a tree native to the wet tropical biome of southern tropical America, including Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and northern Brazil. Two subspecies are recognised: subsp. obtusifolia (southern tropical America) and subsp. rhombifolia (northern South America to northern Brazil). The epithet obtusifolia means ‘blunt-leaved’, referring to the rounded, less pointed leaflets compared to other Jacaranda species. Produces the characteristic tubular lavender-blue flowers and fern-like bipinnate foliage of the genus in its tropical forest habitat. Named by the French botanist Aim Bonpland (17731858), Alexander von Humboldt’s companion on the famous South American expedition. Family Bignoniaceae.

Full sun; adaptable to moist tropical soils; warm tropical conditions of northern South America.

• ‘Obtusifolia’ = blunt-leaved; rounded leaflets distinguishing it from other Jacaranda species
• Lavender-blue tubular flowers; fern-like bipinnate foliage
• S. Tropical America wet tropical biome; Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, Peru, N. Brazil
• Two subspecies; named by Bonpland, companion of Humboldt on the South American expedition
• Full sun; moist tropical soils; warm tropical; Family Bignoniaceae

Jacaranda obtusifolia is the blunt-leaved jacaranda of northern South America a tropical forest Bignoniaceae of Venezuela, Colombia and the Amazon margins, described by the botanist Bonpland whose legendary South American expedition with Humboldt contributed foundationally to the knowledge of neotropical plant diversity.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.