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Calliandra surinamensis is a low branching evergreen tropical shrub native to tropical South America that is named after Suriname, a country in northern South America. Common names include Pink powder puff, Pompon De Marin, Surinam powderpuff and Surinamese stickpea.
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Suriname stickpea being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calliandra selloi
- Calliandra magdalenae
- Calliandra parvifolia
- Calliandra pittieri
- Calliandra haematocephala
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Calliandra
- Species
- Calliandra surinamensis
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