# Jacaranda Trees **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 9, 2013, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517 "2013-06-09T01:38:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/21 "2013-06-09T17:29:37Z")
Why does the link in the OP go to pictures of ginkgo trees? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/22 "2013-06-09T17:37:26Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It’s so funny, because I was just thinking yesterday: Damn, those jacaranda trees are awesome! As the tree dropped a steaming load of arboreal jizzm on your head. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/23 "2013-06-09T18:42:13Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Why does the link in the OP go to pictures of ginkgo trees? It doesn’t. Ginkgo trees don’t flower. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/24 "2013-06-09T19:01:01Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > It doesn’t. Ginkgo trees don’t flower. It does on my computer: The link is to a google image search of “ginkgo tree”. Is my browser messed up somehow? ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/25 "2013-06-09T19:37:43Z")
That’s strange. Mine takes me to a google image search of “jacaranda tree”. It’s full of purple flowering trees. I thought you were trying to say those were Ginkgo trees. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/26 "2013-06-09T20:09:32Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > . . . But at least none of them smell like rotting semen. That will come from the ginkgos soon… And the carobs! Lovely trees, but they drop big ugly seed pods, which build up in heavy drifts on the lawns, and, yes, smell like spunk as they rot. Doggone trees! Don’t they ever think about anything other than sex? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/27 "2013-06-09T21:14:14Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Why does the link in the OP go to pictures of ginkgo trees? Because the OP is an idiot who can’t Google straight. Oh, and OP, I’ve already gone through Maple flower season (it’s hard for anyone who hasn’t studied biology to recognize that they are flowers, but messy they are.), it’s now Cottonwood season (I like to take my lighter to places the stuff has collected, and reproduce the SFX from Star Wars, and I can find dozens every day), sooner or later the Maple seeds and acorns will come, and the birds are _always_ shitting on your car. I _used_ to have an Elm tree over my driveway. There’s a _reason_ my grandmother always called it “the pissy elm”. At least _your_ trees are pretty when they’re making their mess. I _do not_ feel your pain. ~not bill clinton ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/28 "2013-06-09T21:50:23Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > It does on my computer: The link is to a google image search of “ginkgo tree”. Is my browser messed up somehow? GIS weirdness. The title is “ginkgo tree” when your first load, then immediately loads “jacaranda tree.” Scroll right for the rest of the URL. Presumably the OP searched for ginkgo first? At least the original search wasn’t anything embarrassing, like dinosaurs fucking cars. I’ve never actually seen these. They look cool. Meanwhile, eucalyptus is the devil spawn, known for dropping stinky sap, branches shearing off, and [bursting into flames](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991). Umm… does the word “jacaranda” make anyone else think of [Klowns, of the Killer variety?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPltv7oGOp4) ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/29 "2013-06-09T23:01:34Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > But at least none of them smell like rotting semen. That will come from the ginkgos soon… A lot of people think Bradford Pears smell like semen when they bloom, but female Ginkgo trees just smell like shit. Literally. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/30 "2013-06-09T23:05:59Z")
I’m just glad one of my skill sets is NOT “you know what? this smells just like rotting semen!” I guess I’ll never get that coveted CSI Las Vegas gig but I think I can live with that. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/31 "2013-06-09T23:21:36Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > A lot of people think Bradford Pears smell like semen when they bloom, but female Ginkgo trees just smell like shit. Literally. > [@billfish678](#): > > I’m just glad one of my skill sets is NOT “you know what? this smells just like rotting semen!” 😃 Strange things work their way into your consciousness when you have teenage boys who don’t do their laundry often enough. I get a very distinct chlorine-ish smell from ginkgo that I associate with semen. The “rotting” part probably covers the “shit” that most people describe it as. (I happen to love the smell of valerian root, which most people say smells like sweaty gym socks, so I may have a weird nose.) ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/32 "2013-06-10T02:14:22Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > GIS weirdness. The title is “ginkgo tree” when your first load, then immediately loads “jacaranda tree.” Scroll right for the rest of the URL. Presumably the OP searched for ginkgo first? At least the original search wasn’t anything embarrassing, like dinosaurs fucking cars. > > I’ve never actually seen these. They look cool. Meanwhile, eucalyptus is the devil spawn, known for dropping stinky sap, branches shearing off, and [bursting into flames](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_firestorm_of_1991). > > Umm… does the word “jacaranda” make anyone else think of [Klowns, of the Killer variety?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPltv7oGOp4) Holy shit, I am glad “ginkgo tree” was the previous thing I searched. You people (yup, said it) who plant these fucking trees are wrong. Just wrong. I’ve got these little purple flowers that made it into the hvac system in my car. Now it smells like rotting purple flower shit when I turn on the AC. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/33 "2013-06-10T03:52:12Z")
I took this picture carelessly, without much forethought regarding its composition, but now looking at it now I love how the blue car parked on the right goes with the purple of the trees. [Link.](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3685/8862156172_8237d2b23d_b.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/34 "2013-06-10T04:27:50Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > … like dinosaurs fucking cars. NSFW warning. Don’t Google those last three words from a company machine. Rule 34 is fully in force. LOL! ---
**Author:** ![tntrvlngrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@tntrvlngrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tntrvlngrl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/35 "2014-05-05T22:00:33Z")
I lived in south Florida and shopped in an area That was loaded with Jackaranda trees. They have pods the size of hand grenades and they do put dents in cars. > [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > That will teach them. I love olives. I hate olive trees. Jacaranda trees are perfectly harmless by comparison to virtually every other tree. I think I will look into planting one. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/36 "2014-05-06T14:46:03Z")
Ginkgo fruits do _not_ smell like shit. They smell like unwashed armpits. This problem can be avoided by planting male trees, so you can enjoy the unusual foliage and great yellow fall color without stinky fruit (I have [a mini-version](http://www.mrginkgo.com/spring_grove.html)). ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/37 "2014-05-06T16:47:29Z")
I can’t believe people are advocating olive trees. Like plum trees, they deposit an absolute mess in the summertime and I hate it when people plant them near sidewalks because of the slimy mess of accumulated rotting fruit. Our neighbor has a plum tree that extends into our driveway. Last weekend I spent all day trimming/sawing off all the branches on our side so I wouldn’t have to rake up rotten plums off the driveway all summer. I have a bad feeling my efforts will be in vain if my “pruning” just encourages that stupid tree to direct 90% of its future growth and plum production on our side :rolleyes: It’s like the Giving Tree’s asshole brother. “Oh, Incubus, you seem lonely and bored! Here, take my rotten fruit, hornet nests, and dead scratchy branches!” And the tree was smug. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/38 "2014-05-06T23:42:13Z")
I love Jacarandas. My mother had her husband cut down the Jacaranda in their back garden because she didn’t like the carpet of purple flowers it shed all over her _lawn_. Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/39 "2014-05-07T00:57:19Z")
I had never heard of these trees until I heard [this Robbie Fulks song.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITxP9mmrPvE) Now I want one in my back yard. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517/40 "2014-05-07T01:19:57Z")
Try mulberry trees. You learn that the fruit is ripe when you start seeing splotches of purple, seedy bird poop all over your car and the sidewalk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jacaranda-trees/660517.md?page=3)