It's bloom time for 'Jacaranda' in Nilgiris- India

Nilgiris in India abounds in Jacaranda flowers right now. The beautiful purple colored flowers have started blooming in the ‘Blue Mountains’ or ‘Nilgiris’ as popularly known. Indian tourists are having visual delight and express their joy with the blooming of the Jacaranda. Jacaranda is native to South America, Central America, Mexico and Carribean. The tree has another name ‘Exam Tree’ as it coincides with the examination season. Introduced to Israel 50 years ago, these can be found most parts of Sothern California in the US. And the list extends to Brisbane in Australia, Auckland in New Zealand, Bhutan etc. Jacaranda can also be found in the Indian city of Bangalore in its peak boom - should I say ‘peak bloom’ rather? By the way, Pretoria in South Africa is known as the ‘Jacaranda City’.