Common name - Powder Puff
Rambling shrub or small tree silky leaves and powder-puff-like balls of conspicuous dark crimson stamens. Calliandra haematocephala is a fast growing shrub that can grow tall but also spreads wide. The leaves close at night. The red flower is attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. It appears from November -April. The buds before the flowers open look like raspberries.
Botanical name: Calliandra haematocephala
Family: Mimosaceae (Touch-me-not family)
Picture - Sainikpuri, Secunderabad and Shilparamam, Hyderabad
Information - Flowers of India
Oh! I hv seen this so many times but never knew so much abt it :) Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteI did not know it too! :-) . I take the pictures and then go about trying to identify the flower/tree. I learn too.
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