Calliandra humilis

Calliandra humilis (common name dwarf stickpea) is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae.

Calliandra humilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Genus:
Calliandra
Species:
C. humilis
Binomial name
Calliandra humilis
Synonyms[1]
  • Acacia humilis Schltdl.
  • Anneslia herbacea (A.Gray) Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia humilis Britton & Rose
  • Calliandra herbacea A.Gray
  • Calliandra herbacea Engelm.
  • Calliandra humilis B.L.Turner
  • Feuilleea humilis Kuntze

Uses

The Zuni people use the powdered root of this plant three times a day for rashes.[2]

References
  1. The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 19 June 2016
  2. 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)


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