TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
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Maniltoa lenticellata
Silk Handkerchief Tree, Cascading Bean, Native Handkerchief TreeFamily: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpinioideae
Origin: New Guinea
New leaves are folded inside dull red bracts and then released in a spectacular cascade of white foliage.
Similar plants:
- Maniltoa browneoides, Maniltoa gemmipara (Hankerchief Tree, New Guinea Ghost Tree, Manitoa )
- Maniltoa grandiflora, Maniltoa schefferi, Maniltoa hollrungii (Dove Tree, Handkerchief Tree, Ghost Tree, New Guinea Ghost Tree)
- Maniltoa megalocephala (Handkerchief Tree)
- Maniltoa sp. (Dove Tree, Handkerchief Tree, Ghost Tree)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/maniltoa_lenticellata.htm