Sapindus saponaria

Sapindus saponaria
Sapindus saponaria tree.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Sapindus
Species:
S. saponaria
Binomial name
Sapindus saponaria
Varieties

S. s. var. drummondii
S. s. var. saponaria

Sapindus saponaria is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree[3] native to the Americas. Common names include wingleaf soapberry,[4] western soapberry, jaboncillo,[2] sulluku[5][6][7] and manele and a'e (Hawaiian).[8] Its genus name, "Sapindus", comes from the Latin, meaning Indian soap, and its specific epithet means "soapy."[3]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2020). "Sapindus saponaria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156771087A156771089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156771087A156771089.en. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Sapindus saponaria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  3. ^ a b Matt Turner (2009). Remarkable Plants of Texas: Uncommon Accounts of Our Common Natives (Corrie Herring Hooks Series). Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 95–97. ISBN 978-0-292-71851-7.
  4. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sapindus saponaria". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  5. ^ Hugo E. Delgado Sumar, Los recursos curativos vegetales en la medicina tradicional peruana
  6. ^ Louis Girault, Kallawaya - guérisseurs itinérants des Andes. Recherches sur les pratiques médicinales et magiques. Paris 1984. p. 301. Cholokke, Sulluku (K). Sapindus saponaria
  7. ^ César del Solar Meza, Rainer Hostnig (2006): Litograbados indígenas en la arquitectura colonial del Departamento del Cusco, Perú
  8. ^ "Sapindus saponaria". Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2010-11-02.