Mazhar Botanic Garden

Sapindus saponaria L.

Wingleaf soapberry

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000813
Common name: Wingleaf soapberry
English name: Western soapberry
Native: Americas
Country: Argentina Brazil
(PGR): Rare

Deciduous tree grow up to 6 m tall leaves pinnately compound, narrow lanceolate leaflet with smooth margins, long tapering tips flowers small white in dense terminal panicle fruit golden colored 3-36 cm in diameter

Ornamental plant the fruits can contain 37% saponin. The orange-brown fruit is used as a soap and hair shampoo. The seeds when crushed are used to make insecticide. Fiber obtained from the inner bark is made into ropes. The seeds are used in bead works, crafts, rosaries, and buttons. The wood is used for construction among others.

Sapindus saponaria var drummondii

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Texture: Heavy clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: High
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late spring
Zone: 10 : 12
Status: Least concern
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Deciduous (tree)
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Necklace Ornamental Soap Tannin
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Deciduous tree

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