Pachira glabra

Pachira aquatica produces edible chestnut-like fruits. It is a tree of the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. The swollen trunk helps it to resist seasonal droughts.

It is known by the common names Malabar chestnut, Guiana chestnut, provision tree, saba nut, monguba (Brazil), pumpo (Guatemala) and is commercially sold under the names money tree and money plant. This tree can be kept low and grown as a houseplant, just as its relative Pachira glabra, which is often sold with a braided trunk.