Calliandra houstoniana (Mill.) Standl.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Calliandra

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 2 m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Brushy or open, moist or dry slopes, often on faces of cliffs, sometimes in pine-oak forest, at elevations up to 2,200 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food forage fuel material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gum (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Calliandra houstoniana flower picture by Marc Horisberger (cc-by-sa)
Calliandra houstoniana flower picture by Marc Horisberger (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Calliandra houstoniana world distribution map, present in Belize, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Singapore, El Salvador, Suriname, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Calliandra houstoniana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1123772-2
WFO ID wfo-0000173760
COL ID PLVV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 670795
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Synonyms

Acacia metrosiderifolia Calliandra metrosideriflora Anneslia falcifolia Anneslia alamosensis Anneslia etzatlana Calliandra houstonii Mimosa houstoniana Anneslia houstoniana Calliandra houstoniana Calliandra lucens Inga houstonii Calliandra metrosiderifolia Feuilleea houstonii (l'hér.) Mimosa houstonii l'hér. Anneslia houstonii (l'hér.) Calliandra houstoniana subsp. alamosensis Calliandra houstoniana subsp. stylesii Calliandra houstoniana var. houstoniana Acacia houstoni (l'her.) Acacia metrosideriflora Calliandra inermis subsp. alamosensis Calliandra inermis subsp. stylesii Anneslia lucens

Lower taxons

Calliandra houstoniana var. anomala Calliandra houstoniana var. colomasensis Calliandra houstoniana var. acapulcensis Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus