Cynometra browneoides

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]

Cynometra browneoides
Scientific classification
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)

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]