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Jacaranda ulei

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Jacaranda ulei
Jacaranda ulei flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Bignoniaceae
Genus: Jacaranda
Species:
J. ulei
Binomial name
Jacaranda ulei

Jacaranda ulei is a flowering tree native to the Cerrado region of Brazil.[1][2] It was first described by Édouard Bureau and Karl Moritz Schumann in 1897.[3]

Description

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Jacaranda ulei is a small tree, growing to between 0.6 metres (2 ft 0 in) and 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) tall. The leaves are 6 to 10 cm in length and bipinnate, having between 8 and 12 pinnae and 6 to 16 leaflets. Leaflets are 15 to 20 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide and "narrowly oblong" in shape. The flowers are deep purple in colour and arranged in a branched, Panicle form. They are 5 to 10mm long and 4 to 7mm wide with 5 shallow dentate. The fruit is woody and "round to elliptic" in shape, growing 3.5 to 5.5 cm long and 3 to 4 cm wide.[4]

The species is a resprouter, with its root system allowing it to survive wild fires and droughts seen in the savanna ecosystem of the Cerrado region of Brazil.[2]

Uses

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The roots of the plant have been used as a traditional folk remedy to treat urinary tract infections, amoebiasis, backache, rheumatism and skin disorders.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Jacaranda ulei Bureau & K.Schum". Kew Science. 21 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Da Silva, Paulo R. D.; Stefenon, Valdir M. (2014). "Histological features, starch accumulation and sprouting in the early root development of Jacaranda ulei(Bignoniaceae)". An. Acad. Bras. Ciênc. 86 (1): 271–276. doi:10.1590/0001-37652013109212.
  3. ^ Flora Neotropica, Issue 25, Part 2. Published for Organization for Flora Neotropica by the New York Botanical Garden. 1992. p. 105. ISBN 9780893273682.
  4. ^ "Monographs Details: Jacaranda ulei Bureau & K.Schum". World Flora Online. Retrieved 21 June 2018.