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Calliandra haematocephala
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Mimosoideae)
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Citation: Calliandra haematocephala Hassk., Retzia 1: 216. 1855.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Red Powder Puff, Blood Red Tassel Flower
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Description:
Large shrubs to small trees with spreading branches. Leaves alternate with 1 pair pinnae; leaflets 7-10 pairs, 1.5-5 x 0.5-1.8 cm, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate or subfalcate apex obtuse and mucronulate, base obliquely rounded to subcordate; petiole 1-2.5 cm; stipules 6.5-10 mm. Flowers in globose heads, peduncle 1-3.5 cm. Calyx white to pink, 1.5-2 mm, striate. Corolla pink with green or white lobes, tube 3.5-5 mm; lobes 3 mm. Stamens bright red, filaments 3 cm long. Pods linear-lanceolate 9-10 x 1.5 cm; seeds 5 or 6, oblong, flattened 0.8-1.2 x 0.4-0.6 cm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Africa, Asia, South and North America
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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