Cynometra browneoides

Species of plant

Cynometra browneoides

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Fabales
Family:  | Fabaceae
Genus:  | Cynometra
Species:  |

C. browneoides

Binomial name
Cynometra browneoides

(Harms) Rados. (2019)

Synonyms[1]

* Maniltoa browneoides Harms (1902)
* Maniltoa gemmipara Scheff. ex Backer (1908)
* Pseudocynometra browneoides (Harms) Kuntze (1903)

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]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Cynometra browneoides (Harms) Rados. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
2. ^ a b Cynometra browneoides (Harms) Rados.. Flora & Fauna Web, National Parks Board, Singapore. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
3. ^ a b c d "Maniltoa Grandiflora" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Departemen Kesehatan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

Taxon identifiers

Cynometra browneoides|

* Wikidata: Q88992893
* Wikispecies: Cynometra browneoides
* GBIF: 10171778
* IPNI: 77199245-1
* Open Tree of Life: 7632456
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77199245-1
* Tropicos: 100500900
* WFO: wfo-0001443713

Maniltoa browneoides|

* Wikidata: Q15533074
* CoL: 3XVG5
* EoL: 663612
* GBIF: 2946150
* iNaturalist: 343757
* IPNI: 505900-1
* IRMNG: 11357931
* NCBI: 1971685
* Open Tree of Life: 7055390
* Plant List: ild-52419
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:505900-1
* Tropicos: 13050739
* WFO: wfo-0000206183