Sapindaceae

Florida hopbush

Dodonaea viscosa Jacq.

Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Dodonaea

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Florida hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) — FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (21)

Afrikaans: Sandolien
Arabic: شث دابق, دودونيا
arz: شث دابق
Chinese: 車桑子, 车桑子, 东风菜, 坡柳, 明油子, 短冠东风菜, 破柳, 车桑仔
Czech: Dodonka žláznatá
English: Florida hopbush, Hop bush, Hopseed bush
Finnish: Humala-akea
French: Bois de reinette, Bois d'arnette, Dodonée visqueuse
Hebrew: דודונאה דביקה
Hindi: विलायती मेहॆंदी
Indonesian: Sikil
Japanese: ハウチワノキ, Dodonaea_viscosa, アアリイ, アケアケ, ヒロハハウチワノキ
Kannada: ಅಂದರು ಗಿಡ
lah: سنتھا
Malayalam: വ്രാളി
Portuguese: Vassoura-vermelha
Quechua: Ch'akatiya, Ch'akataya, Chacatea, Chakataya, Chakatiya, Chakhataya, Chamana, Hatun ch'akataya
Spanish: Aalii
Tamil: விராலி
Thai: ตำเสาหนู
Urdu: سنتھا

Synonyms

Dodonaea arabica Hochst. & Steud.
Dodonaea arborea Herter
Dodonaea bialata Kunth
Dodonaea candolleana Blume
Dodonaea candolleana var. minor Blume
Dodonaea cuneata Rudge
Dodonaea dioica Roxb. ex DC.
Dodonaea ehrenbergii Schltdl.
Dodonaea eriocarpa Sm.
Dodonaea eriocarpa f. acuminata O.Deg. & Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa f. decipiens Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa f. degeneri Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa f. galapagensis Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa f. obtusior Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa f. obtusiorgalapagensis Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa f. pallida O.Deg. & Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. amphioxea O.Deg. & Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. confertior Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. costulata O.Deg., I.Deg. & Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. degeneri Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. forbesii Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. glabrescens Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. hillebrandii Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. hosakana Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. lanaiensis Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. molokaiensis O.Deg. & Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. oblonga Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. obtusior Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. pallida O.Deg. & Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. sherffii O.Deg. & I.Deg.
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. skottsbergii Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. vaccinioides Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. varians O.Deg. & Sherff
Dodonaea eriocarpa var. waimeana Sherff
Dodonaea fauriei H.Lév.
Dodonaea forsteri Montrouz.
Dodonaea illita F.Muell. ex Regel
Dodonaea jamaicensis DC.
Dodonaea kohautiana Schltdl.
Dodonaea latifolia Salisb.

and 35 more.

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 586 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eleftherios Katsillis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: T. Hammer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.