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common name for the plant family Sapindaceae, a primarily tropical family of trees, shrubs, lianas, and herbaceous climbers, as well as a genus, Sapindus, in that family found in Asia and the Americas.

 


Soapberry, False Dogwood
These pleasing ornamental and shade trees form dense, broad crowns. Sprays of creamy white flowers bloom in fall, followed by ochre, slightly poisonous berries that can be crushed for soap.

Western Soapberry
Scientific Name: Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii (Hook. & Arn.) L. Benson
Synonym: Sapindus drummondii, Sapindus marginatus
Family: Sapindaceae ...

soapberry Sapindaceae Sapindus saponaria L.   symbol: SASA4
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Soapberry fruits are called soap nuts.
Just add water to work the soap nuts into a lather! ...

Soapberry (Sapindus drummondii)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Southern Prickly Ash (Zanthoxylum clava-herculis) ...

Soapberry
sa-PIN-dus
Some 13 species of deciduous or evergreen trees and shrubs. Leaves simple or pinnately compound (14-30 leaflets), margins entire, occasionally serrate.

Western Soapberry ( Sapindus drummondii )
Western Sun Rose ( Rosa )
Western Wheatgrass ( Agropyron smithii ) ...

Family: Soapberry (Sapindaceae)
Flowering: August-September
Field Marks: This distinctive viny species is recognized by its alternate, doubly ternately compound leaves, its 4 unequally sized white petals, and its inflated, ...

Sapindaceae: The Soapberry Family
Cupania - Toadwoods
Cupania glabra - Florida Toadwood
Cupaniopsis - Cupaniopsis Trees
Cupaniopsis anacardioides - Carrotwood ...

Western Soapberry [English]: Sapindus saponaria
Western Soapberry [English]: Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii
Western Solomon's Seal [English]: Maianthemum racemosum amplexicaule
Western Solomon's Seal [English]: Maianthemum racemosum subsp.

Golden raintree, as a member of the soapberry family, has compound leaves with 13 to 19 leaflets per leaf. Like many members of this family it is adapted to dry difficult sites. It is winter hardy as far north as Chicago.

Sapindaceae / Soapberry Baloon-vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
Plant Type: This is a non-native vine.
Leaves: The leaves are alternate. Each leaf is divided.
Flowers: The flowers have 4 Regular Parts and are up to 0.

(SAPINDACEÆ); Soapberry Family
Hopbush is one of earth's most widely distributed woody plants. It grows from sea level to 11,800 feet (3600 meters) in the Andes.

Other campus trees in the soapberry family: Cupaniopsis, Dodonaea, Koelreuteria
Illustrations (links open new windows): Silhouettes from Trees of Stanford & its Environs
Additions/Revisions: ...

Cupaniopsis anacardioides (A. Rich.) Radlkf.
Soapberry family (Sapindaceae)
NATIVE RANGE: Australia, Irian Jaya (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea ...

Shepherdia, from the Latin
canadensis, from the Latin, "of Canada"
Common Name, from
Other common names include: Buffaloberry, Canadian Buffaloberry, Russet Red Buffaloberry, Soapberry, Soopolallie ...

Deinbollia oblongifolia (Dune Soapberry, Family: Sapindaceae)
Delonix elata, Poinciana elata (Mseele, White Poinciana, White Gul Mohur, Vaadhanaaraayanan, Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae) ...

See also: Green, May, Sapindus, Orange, Pink

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