Cynometra browneoides
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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]

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  1. 1 2 3 Cynometra browneoides (Harms) Rados. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 Cynometra browneoides (Harms) Rados.. Flora & Fauna Web, National Parks Board, Singapore. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Maniltoa Grandiflora" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Departemen Kesehatan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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