Calliandra humilis

{{Short description|Species of legume}}

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|genus = Calliandra

|species = humilis

|authority = Benth.

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  • Acacia humilis Schltdl.
  • Anneslia herbacea (A.Gray) Britton & Rose
  • Anneslia humilis Britton & Rose
  • Calliandra herbacea A.Gray
  • Calliandra herbacea Engelm.
  • Calliandra humilis B.L.Turner
  • Feuilleea humilis Kuntze

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|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|accessdate=19 June 2016}}

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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.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)

References

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humilis

Category:Plants used in traditional Native American medicine

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