Jacaranda puberula

Name and publication

Jacaranda puberula Cham., Linnaea 7: 550 (1832).

Description

Capsules are thin-woody, the margin undulate; interior with long, dark placental line, rest smooth and lightly furrowed except for the margin, which is rippled, exterior with the texture of very worn sandpaper (irregularly verrucose-coriaceous), 5-6 cm long x 2.5-4 cm wide.

Nativity and distribution

Jacaranda puberula is native to Brazil.

Family

Bignoniaceae

 three fruit halves; photo © The Lebermuth Company, Inc.

three fruit halves; photo © The Lebermuth Company, Inc.

 fruit halvess, interior (left) and exterior (right); photo by Lyndon Photography

fruit halvess, interior (left) and exterior (right); photo by Lyndon Photography

 fruit half, interior view; photo by Lyndon Photography

fruit half, interior view; photo by Lyndon Photography