by lyrehc » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:40 pm
The Bonsai Money Tree is considered by many to be a symbol of good luck and prosperity for those who own one. Its binomial name is Pachira aquatica, and it is also known as Malabar chestnut, Guiana chestnut, provision tree, saba nut, and Pumpo.
Commercially, these trees are marketed as money trees, money plants, and braided money trees. That last moniker is earned by virtue of the five separate trunks that are gradually braided together to form a single twisted unit. Since the Bonsai Money Tree is actually five trees in one, many would assume care of this grouping of trees to be more arduous than care of a single bonsai tree of another sort. This is an incorrect assumption since they are easier to care for than are many other bonsai trees.
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