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Fruit. Calliandra surinamensis is a low branching evergreen tropical shrub that is named after Suriname, a country in northern South America.The plant usually has complexly branched multiple trunks and grows to a height of about 5 metres, although many sources suggest that it only attains a height of 3 metres.
Calliandra brevipes, the pink powderpuff, is an attractive shrub with finely divided leaves and clusters of red powder-puff flowers. It is native to southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. Portuguese common names include: Esponja, Esponjinha, Manduruvá, Quebra-foice.
The genus comprises herbaceous perennial plants, shrubs, and rarely small trees, growing 0.5–6 m (1.5–19.5 feet) tall, with bipinnate leaves. The flowers are produced in cylindrical or globose inflorescences and have numerous long slender stamens which give rise to the common names powder-puff, powder puff plant, and fairy duster.
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Rambling shrub or small tree with branched pinnate, silky leaves and powder-puff-like balls of conspicuous dark crimson stamens. Calliandra haematocephala is a fast growing shrub that can grow tall but also spreads wide. If desired it can be kept smaller by trimming. Interesting enough the leaves close at night.
Powder-puff plant is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Calliandra, genus in the family Fabaceae; Mimosa strigillosa, perennial ground cover in the family Fabaceae; Sorocephalus, genus of small shrubs in the family Proteaceae; Tillandsia tectorum
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Puff piece or puffery, exaggerated advertising claims; Puff sleeve; Powder puff, face-powder applicator; Puffs (facial tissue), an American brand of facial tissue from Procter & Gamble; Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, a 2015 play which is a pastiche of the Harry Potter book series