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Soapberry
Sapindus
Sapindus is a genus of about five to twelve species of shrubs and small trees in the Lychee family, Sapindaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions in both the Old World and New World. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species. Members of the genus are commonly known as soapberries or soapnuts because the fruit pulp is used to make soap. The generic name is derived from the Latin words sapo, meaning "soap", and...
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Western Soapberry
speciesSapindus drummondii
Reetha
speciesSapindus mukorossi
Wingleaf Soapberry
speciesSapindus saponaria
notched leaf soapnut
speciesSapindus emarginatus
Florida soapberry
speciesSapindus marginatus
lonomea
speciesSapindus oahuensis
Mānele
speciesSapindus thurstonii
South India soapnut
speciesSapindus trifoliatus
Lerak
speciesSapindus rarak
Sapindus delavayi
speciesSapindus delavayi
Sapindus marikuru
speciesSapindus marikuru
Sapindus standleyi
speciesSapindus standleyi
Sapindus sonlaensis
speciesSapindus sonlaensis
Sapindus oocarpus
speciesSapindus oocarpus
Sapindus motu-koita
speciesSapindus motu-koita
Sapindus vitiensis
speciesSapindus vitiensis
Sapindus balicus
speciesSapindus balicus
Sapindus tomentosus
speciesSapindus tomentosus
Sapindus tricarpus
speciesSapindus tricarpus
Sapindus chrysotrichus
speciesSapindus chrysotrichus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 62832.