Stats

Lifespan: 30-50 yrs
Size: Medium
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Freshwater wetland
Range: Central America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

The Money Tree is a tropical tree native to Central and South American wetlands, prized as a houseplant for its braided trunk and glossy palmate leaves. In Feng Shui tradition, its five leaflets per frond are said to represent the five elements of balance and good fortune.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Pachira
Species: Pachira aquatica