Editing Jacaranda (section)

{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
{{about|the plant genus|the tree in the genus commonly called Jacaranda|Jacaranda mimosifolia|the rosewood|Dalbergia nigra|other uses}}
{{automatic taxobox
|image = Jacaranda_cuspidifolia_flower.jpg
|image_caption = A flower of ''[[Jacaranda mimosifolia]]''
|taxon = Jacaranda
|authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
|type_species=''[[Jacaranda mimosifolia]] ''
|synonyms = * ''Digomphia'' Benth.
* ''Etorloba'' Raf.
* ''Icaranda'' Pers.
* ''Kordelestris'' H.Kost.
* ''Nematopogon'' (DC.) Bureau & K.Schum.
* ''Pteropodium'' DC.
* ''Rafinesquia'' Raf. 
}}

'''''Jacaranda''''' is a [[genus]] of 49 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Bignoniaceae]], native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas<ref name="Gentry1992">{{cite journal | title=Bignoniaceae: Part II (Tribe Tecomeae) | author=Gentry, A. W. | journal=Flora Neotropica | year=1992 | volume=25 | issue=2 | pages=51–104 | author2=Morawetz, W. | jstor=4393739}}</ref> while cultivated around the world. The generic name is also used as the common name.

The species ''[[Jacaranda mimosifolia]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130936-2 |website=Plants of theWorld Online}}</ref> has achieved a [[cosmopolitan distribution]] due to introductions, to the extent that it has entered [[Jacaranda mimosifolia#In popular culture|popular culture]]. It can be found growing wild in Central America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, southern and northern Africa, China, Australia, Rwanda and Cyprus.