Cultivated Plants

Fabaceae-Mimosoideae
Calliandra houstoniana  var. calothyrsus  (Meisn.) Barneby
Native to Mexico to Central America.
Introduced by Forestry Department but apparently not a success. Escaped on the Piton Flore trail.
The common international uses of C. calothyrsus are as firewood, fodder, reforestation, soil stabilisation, soil improvement, minor secondary production (pulp and paper, honey and shellac, leaf meal).
in the wild
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