Purple Haze

Name: Jacaranda

A lovely mauv-purple flower tree from Brazil. A tall tree that spreads wide.
Trivia: Pretoria in South Africa is known as the Jacaranda City due to the enormous number of Jacaranda trees planted as street trees and in parks and gardens. These flowers appear in bunches and each flower is oblong.
There are over 40 varieties of the Jacaranda species. The picture above is of  Jacaranda Mimosifolia

When:  March - April (the flowers are in bloom for about a month)
Where: Bangalore, parks and sidewalks