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Pachira aquatica
About
Pachira aquatica is a species of tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by its common names Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, provision tree, Saba nut, Monguba (Brazil), Pumpo (Guatemala) and Jelinjoche and is commercially sold under the names money tree and money plant. This tree is sometimes sold with a braided trunk and is commonly grown as a houseplant, although more commonly what is sold as a "Pachira aquatica" houseplant is in fact a similar species, Pachira glabra.
- Family
- Malvaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pachira aquatica
- Slug
- pachira-aquatica
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Pachira
- Species
- aquatica
- Wikidata QID
- Q310500
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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