Biology:Maniltoa grandiflora

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Short description: Species of legume

Maniltoa grandiflora
Handkerchief Tree (Maniltoa browneoides) 3.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Maniltoa
Species:
M. grandiflora
Binomial name
Maniltoa grandiflora
(A.Gray) Scheff.

Maniltoa grandiflora is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae.[1] Common names includes handkerchief tree and pokok sapu tangan.[1] This plant has a synonym Maniltoa brawneodes. 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,[2] with dimension of 7–14 cm long, 3–8 cm wide with 1–1,5 cm long petiole.[2] Its root develops from the radicle and is brownish white.[2] The leaves, fruits, and bark of this plant contains saponin, flavonoid, dan polyphenol.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Daun Sapu Tangan" (in Indonesian). Plantamor. http://www.plantamor.com/index.php?plant=819. Retrieved 26 June 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Maniltoa Grandiflora" (in Indonesian). Departemen Kesehatan. http://bebas.vlsm.org/v12/artikel/ttg_tanaman_obat/depkes/buku4/4-061.pdf. Retrieved 26 June 2014. 

Wikidata ☰ Q15532446 entry