Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus (Meisn.) Barneby

Variety

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Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 12 m tall. The trunk has red or grey bark. It is covered with small pale oval spots. The leaves are twice divided with 15-20 pairs of pinnae. The flowers are pink. The fruit is a pod 8-11 cm long. There are 3-15 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Caution: It is probably only eaten by livestock, rabbits and poultry. It is high in tannin. It is a good honey producing tree.
Uses animal food bee plant charcoal environmental use experimental purposes fodder forage fuel fuelwood green manure manure ornamental reforestation shade stabilisation of sandy soils timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds or cuttings. It can be used as a good legume mulch for maize and other crops.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) 22 - 30
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus unspecified picture

Distribution

Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Belize, Ghana, Guatemala, French Guiana, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Singapore, and Suriname

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1010291-1
WFO ID wfo-0000199357
COL ID 5MR34
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 887115
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Synonyms

Feuilleea calothyrsus Calliandra similis Anneslia calothyrus Calliandra confusa Anneslia confusa Feuilleea calothyrsa Anneslia calothyrsa Anneslia similis Calliandra calothyrsus Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus