Characteristics
Dicots
Sapindus saponaria L.
SOAPBERRY
**
Simpson (1914) remarked that "the berries make a good substitute for soap."
Native
FACU (NWPL)
Classification
Citation
SAPINDUS SAPONARIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 367. 1753.
**
Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia t. 217(7). 1692). Lectotypified by Pennington, in C. E. Jarvis et al., Regnum. Veg. 127: 84. 1993.
Species Distribution Map
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Specimens and Distribution
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Plant Photos
Sapindus saponaria
- Shirley Denton
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