Wild Flowering Plants

Fabaceae-Mimosoideae
Calliandra houstoniana   var. calothyrsus   (Meisn.) Barneby
Mexico to Central America.
Shrub/small tree along path to Piton Flore from Forestiere.
Very occasionally seen elsewhere.
Introduced presumably in the past by Department of Forestry.
The common international uses are as firewood, fodder, reforestation, soil stabilisation, soil improvement, minor secondary production (pulp and paper, honey and shellac, leaf meal).
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