| Calliandra humilis | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Clade: | Mimosoid clade |
| Genus: | Calliandra |
| Species: | C. humilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Calliandra humilis | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Calliandra humilis, the dwarf stickpea, is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the family Fabaceae.
Uses
The Zuni people use the powdered root of this plant three times a day for rashes. [2]
References
- ^ The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species, retrieved 19 June 2016
- ^ 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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