Quillaja saponaria (Soapbark Tree) - A slender, upright evergreen tree growing to 30-45 ft. tall with pendulous branchlets.
Quillaja saponaria. SOAPBARK TREE. Chile
ROSACEAE (Rose family)
A small evergreen tree with small glossy dark green leaves, some of them with a few teeth; easily mistaken for a young live oak at a quick glance. The flower is white, 1/2 in.
Species and varieties
Quillaja saponaria (Soapbark Tree)
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Quillaja Saponaria Mol.
(ROSACEÆ); Rose Family
I forgot to include Soapbark Tree in the revision of my book Trees of Seattle. So, here it is . . .
Quillajaceae are vegetatively rather undistinguished with their spiral, serrate, stipulate leaves, although the conspicuous teeth appear to be hydathodal.
Jabón De Palo [Spanish]: Quillaja saponaria
Jaba Huchu [Korean]: Piper cubeba
Jabba Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Jabba'
Jabilla [Spanish]: Fevillea cordifolia
Jabily [English]: Operculicarya decaryi
Jabin [English]: Piscidia piscipula ...
The dried inner bark of the soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria) of the rue family, native to the Andes, has been collected also for commercial use in fire-extinguishing solutions and as an emulsifying agent for medicines and tars.
 See also: Medic, Bouncing Bet, Saponaria officinalis, Green, Evergreen
  
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