Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Mimosaceae | Genus: Calliandra | Species: Calliandra haematocephala Hassk. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Anneslia haematocephala, Feuileea haematocephala | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Powder Puff Tree | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Blood red tassel flower, | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1800 m | Fruit Type | Pod |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit dull brown, linear -oblanceolate, 6 to 11 cm long, 5 to 13 mm wide, opening along the sutures when ripe, seeds are 5 to 6, brown and oblong |
| Habitat | Occurs in roadsides | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Native to Bolivia and naturalized throughout tropical countries of the world | Bark Details | Bark: Grey, smooth, with or without spines |
| Distribution in manipur | Bishnupur, Central, Eastern | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Rambling shrub or small tree with branched pinnate, silky leaves and powder-puff-like balls of conspicuous dark crimson stamens | Leaf Details | Leaves are pinnately compound, oblong, acute, with 5 to 10 pairs of glossy green leaflets. |
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