Red powder puff
पाउडर पफ फुलপাউডার পাফ
Calliandra haematocephala Hassk.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- —
- wide
- —
Fabaceae
Also called Scarlet powder-puff, Pink powder-puff, Red powder-puff, Stickpea
Formerly Anneslia haematocephala, Feuilleea haematocephala
When it flowers
Flowers October to August in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- BoliviaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, red, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: height, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 朱纓花 (紅絨球), 紅絨球, 紅合歡
- Spanish
- Pompón boliviano, carbonero
- Finnish
- boliviankalliandra
- Czech
- kaliandra červenohlavá
- Japanese
- オオベニゴウカン
- Russian
- Каллиандра красноголовая
- Chinese (China)
- 朱缨花
- Hebrew
- קליאנדרה אדומת-פרי
- Thai
- พู่จอมพล
- Slovak
- kaliandra krvavohlavá
- Simplified Chinese
- 朱缨花, 红绒球, 美洲合欢
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 美洲合歡
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Calliandra haematocephala (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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