Pompon De Marin, Surinam Powderpuff,

Calliandra surinamensis is a low branching evergreen tropical shrub that is named after Surinam, a country in Northern South America. The plant usually has complex branched multiple trunks and grows to a height of about 5 metres. Left unpruned it grows long thin branches that eventually droop down onto the ground, which is the way it is growing in the woods around my house. It is presumably a runaway from someone's garden and it is very pretty at this time of year. Apparently the trees' year round nectar and pollen attracts wildlife such as lorikeets and fruit bats. Well, the bees love it, but I haven't seen too many lorikeets or fruit bats.