Scientific Name:	Pachira aquatica
Pronunciation:	shef-LER-uh ar-bor-ee-KO-luh
Common Name:	money tree plant
Family Name:	Malvaceae
Plant Type:	Indoor foliage plant
Key ID Features:	Stems of potted plants often braided; leaves palmately compound, with 5-6(-9) leaflets, dark green; leaflets are elliptical with a smooth margin.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Stiffly upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium - coarse Mature Size: Height: 0.7 - 1.3m Spread: 0.6 - 1.0m Growth Rate: Moderate Origin: Central America, Mexico Hardiness Rating: Zone 10: (-1 to 4 C) Exposure: Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Humus rich, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Indoor plant Additional Info: Google. Plants will grow much larger in the wild.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Palmate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Digitate (palmate) Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Obtuse Margins: Entire Additional Info: Leaflets have pinnate venation.

Inflorescence Type: Panicle Flower Morphology: Colour (petals): Not showy, Red, White, Yellow Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Additional Info: Unlikely to form on indoor plants

Fruit Type: Aborted (hybrids) or absent, Capsule Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Additional Info: Fruit insignificant, Edible, Unlikely to form on indoor plants

Bark Morphology: Smooth, Lightly fissured Bark or Stem Colour: Brown, Green

Propagation:	Seed
Plant Care:
Optimal Temp.:	High indoor temperature
Light Level:	High indoor light level
Maintenance:	Low maintenance plant
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant

Location(s): (GNH) GreeNHouse Location Map

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