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Jacaranda Hotels, best hotel in nairobi, is a Kenyan landmark hotel group and has been a symbol of quality and elegance over the years. The Jacaranda Nairobi hotel, located at the heart of Westlands, has been the first choice hotel of celebrities, business travelers and leisure travel since it’s opening in 1964. Jacaranda Hotels features three hotels in Kenya.
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The Jacaranda was a 2000-ton Greek-owned coaster, which ran aground on the night of September the 18th, 1971. She was not laden with any cargo and her engines failed as she negotiated the windy seas. She ran aground on the beach, about an hour's walk north of Qolora Mouth and the captain, his wife and 14 crew members abandoned ship using a rope ladder which they strung from the ships prow to the nearby rocks. Successive storms have taken their toll on the stranded ship and today only the bow remains.
The wreck is an hour-long walk north along the beach from Qolora.
An African woman walking under a magnificent Jacaranda in the Usambara mountains in northern Tanzania.
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Jacarandas have become my favorite trees (besides acacia) since I've come to Kenya. This is a "lake" made of the flowers of a Jacaranda by the head gardener at the UN complex here. When the flowers fall, they form a beautiful blanket of purple on the typically red soil. Hard to beat that.
Jacaranda caucana Pittier
Familia / Family: Bignoniaceae
Género / Genus: Jacaranda
Nombre local / Local name: Jacaranda
Especie nativa de / Species native to: Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica y/and Panamá (GRIN).
Árbol hasta de 20 m por 30 cm de diámetro, fuste usualmente liso, corteza gris a pardo. Hojas bipinnadas. Inflorescencias en panícula con 3-27 flores, estas poseen una delicada fragancia, el cáliz es campanulado, la corola externamente azul-púrpura, internamente blanca. Los frutos son cápsulas oblongo comprimida, margen ondulado al madurar; semillas aladas, pardas. [Más información botánica]
Los Jacarandas florecen entre febrero y marzo (hemisferio norte), desprendiéndose sus hojas durante el período de floración. Sus flores azuladas y púrpura en forma de trompeta crean la imagen mágica del árbol. A medida que la temporada de lluvias comienza entre abril y mayo, el Jacaranda se viste de nuevo de verde claro. Tiene propiedades antisépticas y antibióticas y ofrece algunos regalos y secretos de la medicina natural. El árbol se utiliza para tratar la hepatitis y en la tradición popular, las flores, hojas y corteza se utilizan para aliviar las venas varicosas y la neuralgia. Está científicamente comprobado que el Jacaranda tiene cualidades para tratar la leucemia. Baños calientes de la hoja Jacaranda tratan heridas e infecciones de la piel y el árbol también ayuda en el tratamiento del acné. [forestgeneration.com/jacaranda.html]
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Tree up to 20 m by 30 cm in diameter, stem usually smooth, gray to brown bark. Bipinnate leaves. Panicle inflorescences with 3-27 flowers, they have a delicate fragrance, the calyx is campanulate corolla blue-purple externally, white internally. The fruits are oblong compressed capsules, margin wavy at maturity, seeds winged, brown. [ More botanical information ]
Jacaranda blooms between February and March (North Hemisphere), shedding its leaves for the period of blooming. Hypnotizing bluish-purple, trumpet-like flowers create the magical image of the tree. As the rainy season starts between April and May, it’s time for Jacaranda to dress up again in light green. It has antiseptic and antibiotic qualities. Jacaranda gives out some secret natural medical gifts, too. The tree is used to treat hepatitis and in folk tradition the flowers, leaves and bark are used to ease neuralgia and varicose veins. It is scientifically proven that Jacaranda has qualities that treat leukemia. Hot Jacaranda leaf baths treat wounds and skin infections and the tree also helps in the treatment of acne. [forestgeneration.com/jacaranda.html]
Jacaranda caucana Pittier
Familia / Family: Bignoniaceae
Género / Genus: Jacaranda
Nombre local / Local name: Jacaranda
Especie nativa de / Species native to: Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica y/and Panamá (GRIN).
Árbol hasta de 20 m por 30 cm de diámetro, fuste usualmente liso, corteza gris a pardo. Hojas bipinnadas. Inflorescencias en panícula con 3-27 flores, estas poseen una delicada fragancia, el cáliz es campanulado, la corola externamente azul-púrpura, internamente blanca. Los frutos son cápsulas oblongo comprimida, margen ondulado al madurar; semillas aladas, pardas. [Más información botánica]
Los Jacarandas florecen entre febrero y marzo (hemisferio norte), desprendiéndose sus hojas durante el período de floración. Sus flores azuladas y púrpura en forma de trompeta crean la imagen mágica del árbol. A medida que la temporada de lluvias comienza entre abril y mayo, el Jacaranda se viste de nuevo de verde claro. Tiene propiedades antisépticas y antibióticas y ofrece algunos regalos y secretos de la medicina natural. El árbol se utiliza para tratar la hepatitis y en la tradición popular, las flores, hojas y corteza se utilizan para aliviar las venas varicosas y la neuralgia. Está científicamente comprobado que el Jacaranda tiene cualidades para tratar la leucemia. Baños calientes de la hoja Jacaranda tratan heridas e infecciones de la piel y el árbol también ayuda en el tratamiento del acné. [forestgeneration.com/jacaranda.html]
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Tree up to 20 m by 30 cm in diameter, stem usually smooth, gray to brown bark. Bipinnate leaves. Panicle inflorescences with 3-27 flowers, they have a delicate fragrance, the calyx is campanulate corolla blue-purple externally, white internally. The fruits are oblong compressed capsules, margin wavy at maturity, seeds winged, brown. [ More botanical information ]
Jacaranda blooms between February and March (North Hemisphere), shedding its leaves for the period of blooming. Hypnotizing bluish-purple, trumpet-like flowers create the magical image of the tree. As the rainy season starts between April and May, it’s time for Jacaranda to dress up again in light green. It has antiseptic and antibiotic qualities. Jacaranda gives out some secret natural medical gifts, too. The tree is used to treat hepatitis and in folk tradition the flowers, leaves and bark are used to ease neuralgia and varicose veins. It is scientifically proven that Jacaranda has qualities that treat leukemia. Hot Jacaranda leaf baths treat wounds and skin infections and the tree also helps in the treatment of acne.
I made this bowl as a wedding present for my nephew. It is about 14 inches in diameter and 4 inches tall. The wood is Spalted Jacaranda.
Known as the Jacaranda City for all the purple blossom-bedecked trees which line its thoroughfares. We were lucky enough to be there when all the trees were in bloom! It was really pretty and the air was filled with a beautiful fragrance!
This is tree you are unlikely to find in parks and gardens in Britain because the Jacaranda is native to areas of the Caribbean, Mexico, South America and Central America.
These are only young trees, recently planted in this park in Bigastro. You do see much larger, older specimens in the area but not inland where the winter temperatures are too low for the tree to survive..
Sadly these jacarandas only flower for a short period. Although the foliage is interesting, that is obviously not what they are grown for.
Durante el minitour a Coyoacán, que de mini lo único que tuvo fue el nombre, cada vez somos más, eso es genial
ODC2 - Wood
30/07/11
Jacaranda seed pod on a bamboo wood background. A very quick one today as I literally had to RUSH of to the camera store. And lo and behold I am now the proud parent of a gorgeous little cutie! 230 grams 50mm f/1.4 the delivery was quick and painfree ( except for my purse) I haven't had a chance to play with her yet, will have to wait until tomorrow. I can't wait!!...lol So this shot is taken with my 18-200mm
Diana Instant Square with 75mm normal lens.
PSA: So many people say "Oh look how beautiful the Jacaranda are" but I want to tell you how big a pain in the ass these trees are. The flowers fall all over the place. They stick to your car. The leaves fall with little twigs that have to be raked up. And they drop this black dust that makes a mess. But, they are beautiful, when they're blooming.
A dry fruit of Jacaranda.
Just because in the various alphabet games I'm always without a J... :-)
Made with the SMC Pentax-M 50/1.7 and a 13 mm extension tube.
Un frutto secco di Jacaranda.
Solo perché nei vari giochini dell'alfabeto sono sempre senza una J... :-)
Fatta con un SMC Pentax-M 50/1.7 e un tubo di estensione da 13 mm.
Jacaranda in bloom in a quiet backstreet of the township of Bellingen on the New South Wales North Coast, Australia.