noun

• Any of several trees, of the genus Jacaranda, native to tropical South America, that have pale purple, funnel-shaped flowers. In horticultural use refers specifically to Jacaranda mimosifolia.
• The hard, dark wood of these trees.
• A trade name for similar hardwood timber from certain species of Dalbergia, notably Dalbergia frutescens, Dalbergia nigra and Dalbergia refusa.