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Accession Data:

Pachira aquatica Aubl.

  • Common Name: Guiana Chestnut
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico to S. Trop. America
  • Habitat: swamps and wetlands

  • Culture: Grow in medium-to-bright light and allow to dry out between waterings.4
  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201700070
  • Source: Logees Greenhouse
  • Accession Date: 08-08-2017
  • Bench: 1312 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 NE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-20-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Bombacoideae
  • Tribe: Adansonieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
  • Edible Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Central / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Mexico Southeast / Belize / Costa Rica / El Salvador / Guatemala / Honduras / Nicaragua / Panama / French Guiana / Guyana / Suriname / Venezuela / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil North

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  2. Pachira aquatica at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  3. Pachira aquatica at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  4. Money Tree Plant at Logees Greenhouse. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.
  5. Pachira aquatica at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 08, 2017.

data regenerated on Thu, 20 Jul 2023 14:39:22 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Pachira aquatica

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Tribe Adansonieae

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