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Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Calliandra Benth.

Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Bellota [2918]; Flor De La Cruz [2918]; Pompon [2918]; Powder-puff Tree [2918]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [8]; Nigeria (I) [8]; Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Asia
Bangladesh (I) [3383]; Bhutan (I) [1947]; Brunei (I) [3939]; China (I) [2918, 3403]; Fujian [3403]; Guangdong [3403]; India (I) [2918, 3035, 3142, 3382, 3751]; Andhra Pradesh [3751]; Bihar [3751]; Delhi [3751]; Karnataka [3751]; Kerala [3751]; Madhaya Pradesh [3751]; Maharashtra [3751]; Manipur [3142]; Punjab [3382]; Uttar Pradesh [3035]; West Bengal [3751]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (N) [3898]; Myanmar (I) [3751]; Pakistan (I) [2010]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Taiwan (I) [3403]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (N) [261]
  Caribbean
Netherlands Antilles (I) [2918]; Trinidad & Tobago (I) [2918]
  Central America
Mexico (I) [3348]; Nicaragua (I) [3348]
  Indian Ocean
Mauritius (I) [1915]
  North America
United States (I) [2918, 3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [2918]
  South America
Bolivia (N) [1497, 2918]; Brazil (I) [1414, 2918]; Sao Paulo [2918]; Peru (I) [2918]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [261, 1915, 2022, 2918, 3348, 3403, 3608, 3898] ; Distribution Map [2918] ; Illustration [261, 3403]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Further editing: 2002-07 Roskov YR, 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] [3348] ; Habit: Shrub [261], Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Barneby RC & Forero E ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1999-01 Heald J, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P,

  
USES:
  Environmental [1, 1915, 2022, 2918]; Miscellaneous [3035]

  
NOTES:
  Native of S.America; cultivated in PNG. [261]
  Native to Tropical America. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

1497.

  Nevling, L.I. & Elias, T.S., 1971
    J.Arnold Arbor.52(1):69-85 Calliandra haematocephala

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1947.

  Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G., 1987
    Flora of Bhutan,Vol.1.(Part 3). Edinburgh: RBG

2010.

  Ali, S.I., 1973
    Flora of Pakistan,No.36.Mimosaceae.Karachi:Univ.of Karachi

2022.

  Nielsen, I.C., 1992
    Flora Malesiana, Series I Vol II Part I Mimosaceae.

2918.

  Barneby, R.C., 1998
    Mem.N.Y.Bot.Gard.74(3).Silk Tree,Guanacaste,Monkey's Earring

3035.

  Kanjilal, P.C., 1966
    A forest ... Uttar Pradesh (Ranunculaceae - Alangiaceae)

3142.

  Deb, D.B., 1961
    Dicotyledonous plants of Manipur territory 3(3&4):253-350

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3348.

  Stevens, W.D., et al., 2001
    Flora de Nicaragua,85(2)...Missouri Bot.Gard.Press

3382.

  Parker, R.N., 1918
    Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara and Delhi

3383.

  Khatun, R.B., 1987
    Tree Legumes of Bangladesh

3403.

  Wu, T.L., 1988
    Mimososoideae. In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Leguminosae 1)

3608.

  Tiwari, S.D.N., 1979
    The phyto-geography of Legumes of Madhya Pradesh. Dehra Dun.

3751.

  Paul, S.R., 1979
    Geophytology 9:175-183. Notes on some ... Calliandra...

3890.

  Lock, J.M. & Ford, 2004
    Legumes of Malesia: A check-list. RBG Kew.

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

3938.

  Keng, H., 1990
    Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore

3939.

  Kirkup et al., 1997
    Brunei Checklist
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