Sapindus

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Noun

Sapindus - type genus of the Sapindaceaegenus Sapindusdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationfamily Sapindaceae, Sapindaceae, soapberry family - chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponinssoapberry, soapberry tree - a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponinSapindus drumondii, Sapindus marginatus, wild China tree - deciduous tree of southwestern United States having pulpy fruit containing saponinChina tree, chinaberry, false dogwood, jaboncillo, Sapindus saponaria - evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans

Sapindus

(soapberry), a genus of plants of the family Sapindaceae. They are evergreen or deciduous trees. The pinnate leaves are alternate, and the flowers are in terminal or axillary panicles. There are about 15 species, distributed in the tropics of Asia and America. The fruits, which contain up to 38 percent saponins, are used as soap. Soapberries are cultivated in tropical and warm countries as ornamentals and for their saponins. Three species— Sapindus saponaria, S. mucorossii, and the winter-hardy American species S. drummondii —are grown in the USSR, on the Black Sea shore of the Caucasus and, less frequently, in Transcaucasia and Middle Asia. The genus’s Russian common name, myl’noe derevo, is sometimes used to designate the goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) of the same family, which grows in East Asia and contains saponins in its bark.

REFERENCE

Derev’ia i kustarniki SSSR, vol. 4. Moscow-Leningrad, 1958.

Sapindus

Related to Sapindus: Sapindus saponaria

noun

Synonyms for Sapindus

noun type genus of the Sapindaceae

Synonyms

genus Sapindus

Related Words

dicot genus
magnoliopsid genus
family Sapindaceae
Sapindaceae
soapberry family
soapberry
soapberry tree
Sapindus drumondii
Sapindus marginatus
wild China tree
China tree
chinaberry
false dogwood
jaboncillo
Sapindus saponaria