Bignoniaceae (bignonia, or jacaranda family) » Jacaranda obtusifolia ssp. rhombifolia

jak-uh-RAHN-duh -- from the Portugese jacarandá, having a hard core or branch ob-too-sih-FOH-lee-uh -- meaning, blunt leaf rom-bif-OH-lee-uh -- meaning, leaves in a diamond shape fil-ee-kee-FOH-lee-uh -- meaning, fern-like leaves

commonly known as: bluntleaf jacaranda, fern tree, green ebony

Native to: Caribbean islands, northern South America

... inflorescence, a large pyramidal panicle ... flower, similar in shape of foxglove flower ... deep blue-mauve coloured long, bent swelling tube, with five unequal lobes.

... leaves crowded at the end of long branches ... compound, bipinnate, opposite ... leaflets many opposite, with obtuse base, acute apex.