Quillajaceae
Soapbark
Quillaja saponaria
- Family
- Quillajaceae
- Genus
- Quillaja
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- قلاجة صابونية, القلاجة الصابونية, كلاجة صابونية
- arz
- قلاجه صابونيه
- Belarusian
- Мыльнае дрэва
- Bulgarian
- Сапунена кора
- Czech
- Mydlokor tupolistý
- English
- Soapbark
- Esperanto
- Kilajoarbo
- Estonian
- Tšiili seebikoorepuu
- Finnish
- Suopapuu
- French
- Bois de Panama
- Icelandic
- Sáputré
- io
- Quilayo
- Japanese
- キラヤ, キラジャ, サボンの木, シャボンの木, シャボンノキ, 石鹸木
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Såpetre
- Persian
- کویلاجا ساپناریا
- Polish
- Mydłodrzew właściwy
- Portuguese
- Quilaia
- Russian
- Квиллайя мыльная, Квилаха мыльная, Квилаха настоящая, Квиллайя настоящая
- Spanish
- Quillay
- Swedish
- Såpträd
Synonyms
- Leucoxyla saponaria (Molina) Rojas Acosta
- Quillaja molinae Ser.
- Quillaja poeppigii Walp.
- Quillaja smegmadermis St.-Lag.
- Quillaja smegmadermos Ser.
- Smegmadermos emarginata Ruiz & Pav.
- Smegmaria emarginata Willd.
Flowers
- In flower
- November to January (from 248 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicolás Villaseca Merino, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rony Ristow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nitsuga74, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Francisco E. Fonturbel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: CARLOS SALGADO MELLA, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patricio Novoa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Penarc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Inao Vásquez from Santiago, Chile, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Aira Francisca Faúndez Fallau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Quillaja
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.