Calliandra surinamensis Benth.

Shrub to 6 m tall, most parts glabrous or young growth puberulous. Leaves: stipules persistent, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, to 6 mm long and 2 mm wide; leaf axes shorter than peduncle, ±puberulous; pinnae 1-jugate; leaflets 8-12-jugate, narrowly lanceolate-oblong, apiculate, 8-16 mm long, c. 3 mm wide, 2-nerved, reticulately veined. Inflorescences solitary or fasciculate; peduncle 12-25 mm long, with scattered, long hairs. Flowers 5-merous, glabrous; calyx c. 2 mm long, longitudinally multinerved; corolla 5.5-8 mm long. Pod flat with thickened margins, 5-10.5 cm long, 8-13 mm wide, glabrous. Seeds elliptic, compressed, 8.5 mm long, 6 mm wide, 1.2 mm thick, grey with purple-brown mottling.

Fairly commoon along creeks and rivers, especially on rocky islands near rapids.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.