Cynometra browneoides
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Cynometra |
| Species: | C. browneoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynometra browneoides (Harms) Rados. (2019)
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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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- ^ a b c Cynometra browneoides (Harms) Rados. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b Cynometra browneoides (Harms) Rados.. Flora & Fauna Web, National Parks Board, Singapore. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Maniltoa Grandiflora" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Departemen Kesehatan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 December 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2014.