Cynometra browneoides | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Cynometra |
Species: | C. browneoides
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Binomial name | |
Cynometra browneoides (
Harms) Rados. (2019)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cynometra browneoides is a flowering plant in the pea family ( Fabaceae). [1] Common names includes handkerchief tree and pokok sapu tangan. [2] It is a tree native to New Guinea. It has been introduced to Java and Sumatra. [1]
It can grow from 5 m to 15 m. [2] The stem is straight, round, brown and sympodial. Its leaf is green, pinnate, elongate with smooth margin, and pointed at both ends, [3] with dimension of 7–14 cm long, 3–8 cm wide with 1–1,5 cm long petiole. [3] Its root develops from the radicle and is brownish white. [3] The leaves, fruits, and bark of this plant contains saponin, flavonoid, dan polyphenol. [3]
Cynometra browneoides | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Genus: | Cynometra |
Species: | C. browneoides
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Binomial name | |
Cynometra browneoides (
Harms) Rados. (2019)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Cynometra browneoides is a flowering plant in the pea family ( Fabaceae). [1] Common names includes handkerchief tree and pokok sapu tangan. [2] It is a tree native to New Guinea. It has been introduced to Java and Sumatra. [1]
It can grow from 5 m to 15 m. [2] The stem is straight, round, brown and sympodial. Its leaf is green, pinnate, elongate with smooth margin, and pointed at both ends, [3] with dimension of 7–14 cm long, 3–8 cm wide with 1–1,5 cm long petiole. [3] Its root develops from the radicle and is brownish white. [3] The leaves, fruits, and bark of this plant contains saponin, flavonoid, dan polyphenol. [3]