Pachira aquatica - Guiana Chestnut | Fairchild Botanic Garden

***Pachira* *aquatica***

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Common name: Guiana Chestnut (English)

Family: Malvaceae (Mallow)

Distribution: Tropical Central & South America

Life form: Tree

Description: Guiana Chestnut is a great example of a well known houseplant that attains a massive size when grown outdoors in South Florida. Native to Central and South America, it first became popular as the “money tree,” in Asia. Now grown worldwide as a houseplant, its shiny compound leaves and curiously swollen stem give small specimens the appearance of a miniature tree. When grown outdoors to maturity, it has a massive buttressed trunk, large cream colored flowers with a puff of orange stamens, and fruits that look like footballs.

1: Plot 151 (151) • Accession: 951104*A • Origin: Mexico
2: Plot 18 (18) • Accession: 5774*A • Origin: Belize
3: Plot 189b (189B) • Accession: 951104*B • Origin: Mexico
4: Plot 58 (58) • Accession: 591169*A • Origin: Belize
5: Plot 62 (62) • Accession: 2011-0234*A
6: Plot 73 (73) • Accession: 2005-1452*B
7: Plot 74 (74) • Accession: 2005-1452*A
8: Plot 74 (74) • Accession: 2006-0537*A

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***Pachira* *aquatica***

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