Angels Hair
Calliandra calothyrsus
Also known as Red Calliandra, Powderpuff
- Habit
- Shrub
- Flowering
- October-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Calliandra calothyrsus
- Genus
- Calliandra
- Family
- Mimosaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grown as ornamental plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Distribution
- Gardens
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-February
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The canopy is dense with alternate, petiolate, bipinnately compound leaves of 10–28 cm (4–11 in) lengths, which are folding together at night.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compoundrecordedThe leaf is divided twice — each 'leaflet' is itself a row of smaller leaflets, giving a fine, fern-like look.“The canopy is dense with alternate, petiolate, bipinnately compound leaves of 10–28 cm (4–11 in) lengths, which are folding together at night.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- Feathery bipinnate leafletsrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Angels Hair itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“It is a multipurpose legume tree that can improve the soil by fixing nitrogen from the atmosphere.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Angels Hair itself; the rest are typical of the Mimosaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Angels Hair
Angels hair (Calliandra calothyrsus) belongs to the Mimosaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. It is grown as ornamental plant. Flowering and fruiting run from October to February.
Uses
Locally it is harvested for fodder, burnt as firewood or charcoal and used to hold soil and restore degraded ground.
Mimosaceae
Mimosa/Acacia family
Angels Hair belongs to the Mimosaceae family.
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