Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_calliandra_calothyrsus
Red calliandra
Calliandra calothyrsus
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About Red calliandra
Red calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Primarily wet tropical from Mexico through Central America; commonly used in agroforestry and capable of nitrogen fixation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Calliandra calothyrsus
- Common names
- Red calliandra
- Other names
- Calliandra calothyrsus · Red calliandra · Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus · Anneslia calothyrsa · Feuilleea calothyrsa
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- confirmed tree form shrub overlap
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Red calliandra (Calliandra calothyrsus) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Primarily wet tropical from Mexico through Central America; commonly used in agroforestry and capable of nitrogen fixation.