Calliandra humilis
Appearance
Calliandra humilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
Genus: | Calliandra |
Species: | C. humilis
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Binomial name | |
Calliandra humilis | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Calliandra humilis, the dwarf stickpea, is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae.
Uses
[edit]The Zuni people use the powdered root of this plant three times a day for rashes.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 19 June 2016
- ^ Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 (p. 376)