About provision tree
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 (Costa Rica) 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.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pachira aquatica
- Genus
- Pachira
- Family
- MALVACEAE
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Malvaceae
Mallow/Hibiscus family
provision tree belongs to the Malvaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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