Wild Flowering Plants

Fabaceae-Mimosoideae
Calliandra purpurea   (L.) Benth.
MinizyƩ. Myann fwans.
Lesser Antilles to north South America.
Shrub/small tree of Atlantic coastal deciduous seasonal forest and savanna.
Quite common Gros Islet, Dauphin, Dennery, rare/absent further south.
local medicinal uses
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