I was surprised when I first saw a Jacarandá in Auckland, New Zealand. I was not aware that there were so many Jacarandás so far away from South America, nor th

I was surprised when I first saw a Jacarandá in Auckland, New Zealand. I was not aware that there were so many Jacarandás so far away from South America, nor that the name was the same in other languages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacaranda: >The name is of South American (more specifically Tupi-Guarani) origin, meaning fragrant. There are other Tupi-Guarani words that made it to other languages, like Açaí, Piranha, Capybara, ...