Money Tree Plant (Pachira Aquatica)
The appropriately named Money Tree Plant is one of the Feng Shui plants to attract prosperity. This houseplant is a species of tree in the genus Pachira, which belongs to the Malvaceae family. Pictures of this money tree plant (Pachira aquatica) with braided trunks growing in containers are common.
The money tree plant, like jade plants, is said to bring good fortune, wealth, and prosperity. This is one of the reasons it is also known as a "money plant." Apart from their association with Feng Shui, jade plants and the Pachira aquatica are unrelated.
According to legend, the money tree plant became an auspicious plant after a poor man prayed for money. He then discovered this strange-looking plant. When he began selling the plants he grew from seeds, he saw this as a lucky tree. The Guiana Chestnut, French Peanut, Provision Tree, and Saba Nut are all names for the Money Tree plant.
The central trunk of an ornamental Feng Shui lucky plant is usually made up of 3 to 7 braided stems. The tops of the stems have large shiny green lance-shaped leaves (lanceolate). Money trees typically reach heights of 3 to 6 feet (0.9 to 1.8 meters). Money trees that are grown indoors rarely flower. Feng Shui practitioners plant Pachira aquatica money trees in their homes or businesses to attract good fortune, prosperity, and wealth.
