Wild Flowering Plants
| Fabaceae-Mimosoideae family Calliandra purpurea (Linnaeus) Bentham, London J. Bot., 3: 104. 1844 Bas.: Mimosa purpurea Linnaeus (1753) Syn.: Calliandra slaneae R.A. Howard (1986). Minizyé. Myann fwans. Indigenous shrub/small tree of Atlantic coastal deciduous seasonal forest and savanna. Quite common Gros Islet, Dauphin, Dennery, rare/absent further south. Antigua, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Montserrat, Martinique, St Lucia, St Vincent, Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad, South America. Local medicinal uses Calliandea slaneae is no longer considered a separate species. |
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