Money tree is actually a plant of the nettle order Elmaceae, also known as money tree, money ficus.

Money tree, deciduous shrub or small tree, 3-6 m high, rare up to 10 m; young staff gray-green, glabrous, old branches dark gray; buds terete, 8--10 mm long, bud scales broad lanceolate, about 5 mm long, about 1.5 mm wide, reddish, apex with a small cusp, ciliate edge.

Leaves often clustered at the top of branches, papery, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 3--4(--5) centimeters long, 2--2.5 centimeters wide, apex obtuse-acute, with a mucronate tip, base broadly cuneate or cuneate, margin obtusely serrate, glabrous on both surfaces, midrib concave at the surface, along with lateral veins inconspicuous at the surface, conspicuous on the abaxial surface, tetraveins conspicuous on the abaxial surface. The midrib is depressed at the surface, together with the lateral veins inconspicuous at the surface, conspicuous on the abaxial surface, and the tetrapod veins conspicuous on the abaxial surface; the petiole is stout, 0.8-1(--15) mm long, sulcate, glabrous.

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The Money Tree can bring in fresh air by absorbing poisonous gases and releasing oxygen through photosynthesis. During the daytime, it can absorb carbon dioxide from the room while releasing oxygen, increasing the concentration of negative ions in the air indoors, and even absorbing dust that even vacuum cleaners find difficult to pick up.

And more importantly, it can also absorb harmful gases such as formaldehyde and benzene and kill airborne bacteria. In the process it effectively purifies the air and increases the green atmosphere in the space, which is refreshing.

The oval or ovoid leaflets on its compound leaves are thick in texture and green in color, as if coated with a glittering glaze in the sunlight. If several plants are planted together in an exquisite celadon pot, there is a kind of vigorous vitality, verdant vigor, high ornamental value.

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