Western soapberry
(Sapindus saponaria drummondii)
Description
Sapindus saponaria is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree native to the Americas. Common names include wingleaf soapberry, western soapberry, jaboncillo,sulluku and manele and a'e Hawaiian Its genus name, "Sapindus", comes from the Latin, meaning Indian soap, and its specific epithet means "soapy.
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Sapindales
Family:Sapindaceae
Genus:Sapindus
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