Malabar Chestnut, Pachira aquatica, Malvaceae. Tortuguero, Costa Rica, Central America.

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Malabar Chestnut, Pachira aquatica, Malvaceae. Tortuguero, Costa Rica, Central America. Pachira aquatica is a tropical wetland tree of the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by the common names Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, Provision tree, Saba nut, Monguba (Brazil), Pumpo (Guatemala) and is commercially sold under the names Money tree and Money plant.

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Location: Tortuguero, Costa Rica
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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