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Sapindus trifoliatus L.

Threeleaf soapberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Sapindaceae > Sapindus

Characteristics

Tree to 25 m.; branchlets purplish brown, lenticellate.. Leaves 15–25(–35) cm. long; leaflets subopposite, in (1–)3(–4) pairs, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-lanceolate or obovate, (5–)10–20 cm. long, (3–)5.5–11 cm. wide, emarginate to ± acuminate at the apex, acute to truncate or rounded at the base, glabrous save for some pubescence on midrib above and beneath; lateral nerves in 8–15 pairs.. Panicles 6–15 cm. long, with spreading branches, velvety brown-pubescent; sepals elliptic, 4 mm. long, silky tomentellous outside; petals narrowly rhomboid, 4 mm. long, the dorsal surface densely long-white-pubescent.. Ovary pubescent; disk hairy.. Fruit brown, 1.6–2.2 cm. wide, with (1–)3 subglobose hairy lobes.. Fig. 23/4.
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A large tree. The leaves are 15-30 cm long. They have 2-3 pairs of leaflets. These are 8-18 cm long by 5-8 cm wide. They are narrowly sword shaped. The fruit has 2-3 lobes. There is one seed in each cell. The seeds are black and 6-9 mm long.
Calyx outside hairy all over. Disc, pistil, and fruit hairy.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 16.5
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows along the coast and in lowland areas in West Africa. It grows in mixed forests between 200-1,500 m above sea level.
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Not known
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

CAUTION: The plants contain saponins.
Uses bee plant environmental use food gene source invertebrate food material medicinal oil poison vertebrate poison wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Anthelmintics (fruit), Astringents (fruit), Cathartics (fruit), Emetics (fruit), Epilepsy (fruit), Expectorants (fruit), Nausea (fruit), Sialorrhea (fruit), Antidotes (fruit), Antifungal agents (fruit), Antinematodal agents (fruit), Asthma (fruit), Hysteria (fruit), Migraine disorders (fruit), General tonic for rejuvenation (fruit), Spermatocidal agents (fruit), Tinea pedis (fruit), Demulcents (root), Expectorants (root), Abortifacient agents (seed), Cathartics (seed), Emetics (seed), Expectorants (seed), Narcotics (seed), General tonic for rejuvenation (seed), Asthma (unspecified), Cholera (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Detergent (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Glands (unspecified), Hemicrania (unspecified), Hysteria (unspecified), Lumbago (unspecified), Paralysis (unspecified), Parturition (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Unconsciousness (unspecified), Uterotonic (unspecified), Alexipharmic (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Errhine (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Antirheumatic agents (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Migraine disorders (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
Mode cuttings seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°) 32 - 40
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Images

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Distribution

Sapindus trifoliatus world distribution map, present in Bahrain, Ghana, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, Trinidad and Tobago, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:784697-1
WFO ID wfo-0001135030
COL ID 6XLCY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706772
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Sapindus abstergens Sapindus maduriensis Sapindus mollis Sapindus emarginatus Sapindus trifoliatus Sapindus acutus
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