Calliandra humilis

Calliandra humilis, the dwarf stickpea, is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae.

Calliandra humilis
Scientific classification Edit this 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
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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