: Ge orge ▁Washington ▁University ▁fac ulty ▁Category : T ony ▁Award ▁w inners ▁Category : Un ited ▁States ▁National ▁Medal ▁of ▁Arts ▁recip ients ▁Category : V au dev ille ▁perform ers ▁Category : Y ale ▁University ▁fac ulty ▁Category : M ale ▁actors ▁from ▁Philadelphia ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁male ▁actors <0x0A> </s> ▁Jac ar anda ▁c auc ana ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁flow ering ▁tree ▁first ▁described ▁by ▁Swiss - born ▁botan ist ▁ ▁Henri ▁François ▁Pitt ier ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 . ▁It ▁is ▁native ▁to ▁Costa ▁Rica , ▁Pan ama , ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic , ▁Venezuela ▁and ▁Colombia . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁J . ▁c auc ana ▁is ▁medium ▁s ized ▁with ▁a ▁straight ▁tr unk . ▁The ▁crown ▁is ▁wide ▁and ▁round ▁with ▁f ern - like ▁leaves ▁that ▁almost ▁reach ▁the ▁ground . ▁The ▁leaves ▁are ▁small , ▁pointed ▁and ▁divided ▁into ▁leaf lets ▁and ▁sub leaf lets . ▁During ▁the ▁dry ▁season ▁large , ▁pur ple ▁flowers ▁are ▁produced . ▁The ▁f ruits ▁are ▁" wo ody ▁caps ules ". ▁The ▁deep ▁pur ple ▁flowers ▁mean ▁it ▁is ▁commonly ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁orn amental ▁tree ▁in ▁gard ens . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Jac ar anda ▁Category : T rees ▁of ▁Costa ▁Rica ▁Category : T rees ▁of ▁Pan ama ▁Category : T rees ▁of ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic ▁Category : T rees ▁of ▁Venezuela ▁Category : T rees ▁of ▁Colombia <0x0A> </s> ▁Cha un ce y