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Plant Detail
Botanical Name
Calliandra haematocephala - Hassk.
Family
Mimosaceae
Common Name
Lal babul, Powder puff tree
Habit
Shrub
Synonym
Feuilleea haematocephala Kuntze
Habitat
Moist soil
Color Of Flower
Red
Key Characters
Leaflets many pairs.
Systematic Position
Division :
Dicotyledonae
 
Class :
Polypetalae
 
Series :
Calyciflorae
 
Order :
Rosales
Plant Description

Shrub or small tree up to 5m tall; leaves alternate, bipinnate, pinnae-2 with 6-10 pairs of leaflets, pinnules oblique, oblong, acute, rigidly coriaceous; flowers in axillary, globose heads, shortly stalked, bisexual, actinomorphic, pentamerous, large and showy; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; corolla twice as long as sepals, usually white or pink; stamens very numerous scarlet or dark crimson, hairy, anthers minute; ovary stipitate, many ovuled, style slender, stigma capitate; pods small, linear, strap shaped or falcate, sutures much thickened, 4-5 seeded.

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