{"id":21099,"date":"2024-03-01T09:13:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T03:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21099"},"modified":"2025-04-06T09:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T04:20:47","slug":"jacaranda-bloom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jacaranda-bloom\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacaranda Bloom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Jacaranda Bloom<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It\u2019s also known by its synonym\u00a0Jacaranda acutifolia.<\/li>\n<li>It is a deciduous tree, Jacaranda mimosifolia comes from the Bignoniaceae family.<\/li>\n<li>Blue jacaranda is native of\u00a0Brazil and North West Argentina.<\/li>\n<li>These are hardy trees that grow well in tropical climes, well-drained soil and plenty of sun to showcase their lavender touch.<\/li>\n<li>They are widely grown in warm parts of the world and in greenhouses for their showy blue or violet flowers and attractive, oppositely paired, compound leaves.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Uses: In Brazil, its wood is used to make guitars. It has no edible use, its bark and root has\u00a0medicinal advantages.<\/li>\n<li>It is also recommended as an alternative wood carving tree species, especially in Kenya.<\/li>\n<li>Ecological significance: They attract more hummingbirds and bees than many native trees, so a change in flowering could lead to a decrease in these populations.<\/li>\n<li>Concern:\u00a0Some jacarandas began blooming in early January, when they normally awaken in spring.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Deciduous Forests?<\/h3>\n<p>A deciduous forest is a biome dominated by deciduous trees which lose their leaves seasonally. The Earth has temperate deciduous forests, and tropical and subtropical deciduous forests, also known as dry forests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/early-jacaranda-bloom-sparks-debate-about-climate-change-in-mexico\/article67890852.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Early jacaranda bloom sparks debate about climate change in Mexico<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacaranda is a deciduous tree, Jacaranda mimosifolia comes from the Bignoniaceae family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21100,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21099","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}