Talk:Jacaranda

Native to Australia?

Is there a reference for the Jacaranda being native to Australia? I was under the impression it was not native. A casual search of other sources seems to support this view, but I can't find anything authoritative either way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.8.138 (talk • contribs) at 02:23, 2 November 2006 GMT Immediately referenced articles on the Internet appear to support a Han Chinese fallacy that the Jacaranda tree is not native to Australia. Available information appears to have been erased on the subject of the Jacaranda being native to Australia. Grafton, a small town in Northern New South Wales, is the only place in the world to have a Festival for the Jacaranda to indicate that Grafton is the place of origin of the Jacaranda tree, but the Jacaranda tree's distinctive purple bloom is characteristic of other cities of Australia's eastern coast-line. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is still recognised for it's abundance of the Jacaranda tree, but the tree is found throughout Sydney too and Brisbane has an abundance of further native flowering trees with which the Jacaranda would have to compete to be called the city's iconic flowering tree, such as the Royal Poinciana trees which are located throughout the city region among the densely foliaged Weeping Fig trees. While the Royal Poinciana has a name that alludes to an Incan title, viz. Po-inca-na, the Jack-veranda title of the Jacaranda refers to the Union Jack of the Australian national flag and veranda that is iconic to Queensland home architecture. This does not really answer the question though, because to provide an article on Australian native botany requires to have a native university or botanical research company to produce such articles, that are dominated by Han Chinese funded universities and companies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bataille76 (talk • contribs) 09:25, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

Dispute - Gondwanan and native status

The article quite clearly states that Jacarandas are neo-tropical. So where did this "Gondwanan" status come from? I can find zero facts on the Internet backing up this article's assertion that they are also native to Australia and Africa. Until someone can give incontrovertible proof one way or the other, the disputed tag should remain. Peter1968 20:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

It isn't true. I've removed the Australia and Africa claims. - MPF 15:55, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Selected species

Isn't it massive overkill to link every one of the species? Some guy 13:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

No, not really. Many other plant genera have all their species listed. One day maybe, there'll be articles for them. Peter1968 00:21, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I have Question about Jacaranda. I was wondering if the tree would grow in the northern Calif.? (around the Redding area)

There a quite a number of the trees growing in Alameda, CA- they seem to do well in sandy soil- so if you are near the river you may be successful S Oakes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.226.20.52 (talk) 01:14, 19 February 2013 (UTC)

Rhodesia ?

Please, could you tell me what kind of joke is that to mention Rhodesia as if it were still existing ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.27.215.250 (talk) 18:44, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Cultural Impact and Myths

I am not sure of the origin of some of the stories in this article regarding the reason for the proliferation of Jacarandas in Australia, particularly the maternity ward story in Ipswich. I could only find other references with very similiar or identical wording as the sentence in this article leaving me unsure whether or not the information has arrived at this article, or originated from it. Can any of the authors of these stories cite sources?

I also feel that some of the information in "Uses and Cultivation" would be more appropriate in a "Cultural Impact" section or such. I am new to editing wiki, can anyone suggest an appropriate title for this section? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drew.sonne (talk • contribs) 23:32, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Etymology

I think the word Jacaranda derives from the guaraní Yaca-randá, meaning fragrant, scented; this is one of my references.

--Canopus49 (talk) 18:12, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Pronunciation

This is given as "dzaeke raende" -- seriously? That looks more like Polish than anything else, and I can't figure how to render it as anything others than "dee-zake-randy". I've always heard it pronounced "jah-kah-rahn-dah". Perhaps this should be fixed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.95.43.249 (talk) 22:12, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

No it's not. Hover over it if you can't read IPA. The pronunciation is still wrong, if its origin is y- or j-. And you are wrong if you think e sounds like y. -lysdexia 19:13, 17 June 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.64.170.58 (talk)