It is my favourite plant, small Leves, dark trunk, white wood, adaptable wood to any style.
Of easy budding, very propayablefor: seeds, cuttings, Air Layering, Roots and etc…
Below the fiche technique of it:
Calliandra is a botanical sort that approximately understands 200 species of plants with flowers that belong to the Fabaceae family, subfamília mimosoideae. These species are gifts in Asia, Africa, North America, Central America, South America and Australia. They can be bipinadas leaf shrubs or small trees. Its flowers have globoso format and are formed by innumerable long and fine estames.
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliandra
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Classroom: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Género: Calliandra
Bellow many pics of Caliandra...

Caliandra Brevipes Alba...

Caliandra Brevipes Rose...
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