| Description | A tropical evergreen shrub with a large fine feathery flower. Used as a hedge or flowering shrub in warmer hardiness zones. |
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| Pronunciation | (kal-ee-AN-druh)(TWEE-dee-eye) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Broadleaf evergreen |
| Hardiness Zone | (9)10-11 |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | tolerate poor soils |
| Flowers | red tassel-like, made up of a cluster of red stamens |
| Leaves | many fine leaflets, twice pinnate |
| Dimensions | many stemmed dense shrub reaching 6 feet tall |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Brazil and Uruguay. |
| Misc Facts | I have seen this also listed in the Mimosacea and Leguminosae families. (syn. Inga pulcherrima) |
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