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In Singapore: Handkerchief Tree, Pokok sapu tangan (Cultivated in Singapore)
Cynometra browneoides is a tropical tree in the pea family, native to New Guinea and introduced to Java and Sumatra, growing 5 to 15 m tall. It needs warm, humid, wet tropical conditions and is not a common houseplant.
Cynometra browneoides is a species of flowering plant in the pea family (Fabaceae). Common names include handkerchief tree and pokok sapu tangan. It is a tree native to New Guinea. It has been introduced to Java and Sumatra.
It can grow from 5 m to 15 m. The stem is straight, round, brown and sympodial. Its leaf is green, pinnate, elongate with smooth margin, and pointed at both ends, with dimension of 7–14 cm long, 3–8 cm wide with 1–1,5 cm long petiole. Its root develops from the radicle and is brownish white. The leaves, fruits, and bark of this plant contain saponin, flavonoid, and polyphenol.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cynometra browneoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
