Description
pachira is a tropical plant also called money tree
The plant is also known as Malabar chestnut or Saba nut. Money tree plants often have their slender trunks braided together and are a low maintenance option for artificially lit areas. Money tree plant care is easy and based upon just a few specific conditions.
Plant Specifications
*above specification are indicative only. actual dimensions may vary by +-10%
Common Name | Money tree |
Maximum Reachable Height | Upto 60 ft in their native habitat. |
Flower Colour | na |
Bloom Time | April to frost |
Difficulty Level | easy to medium |
Planting and care
Pachira Single Bud care
Plants are often grown as bonsai specimens and house plants, being very tolerant of drought and shade.
Sunlight | Full sun to partial shade. |
Watering | These plants like a moderately humid room and deep but infrequent watering. Water the plants until the water runs from the drainage holes and then let them dry out between watering. |
Soil | Plant the tree in peat moss with some gritty sand. |
Temperature | The best temperatures are 60 to 65 F. (16-18 C.). |
Fertilizer | Remember to fertilize every two weeks as part of good money tree plant care. Use a liquid plant food diluted by half. Suspend fertilizing in winter. |
Pachira Single Bud uses
Ornamental Use:
- The tree is also planted as a street tree, to provide shade and as an ornamental in gardens
Medicinal Use:
- The skin of the immature green fruit is used in the treatment of hepatitis
- The bark is used medicinally to treat stomach complaints and headaches
- A cold water infusion of the crushed leaves is used to treat a burning sensation in the skin
Culinary Use:
- Seed - raw or cooked
- The raw seed tastes like peanuts, when roasted or fried in oil it has the flavour of chestnuts
- The roasted seeds taste like cocoa
- The seed can be ground into a flour and used to make a bread
- The roasted seed is sometimes used to make a beverage
- The seeds yield 58% of a white, inodorous fat which, when refined, is suitable for cookingYoung leaves and flowers - cooked and used as a vegetable