Sapindaceae
Wingleaf soapberry
Sapindus saponaria
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Genus
- Sapindus
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 无患子, 无患子中仁, 无患子叶, 无患子树皮, 无患子皮, 无患子（无患树）, 无患树蔃, 木患子
- English
- Wingleaf soapberry
- German
- Waschnussbaum
- Hawaiian
- Ae, Mānele
- Malayalam
- ഉറുഞ്ചിമരം
- Portuguese
- Ewe jeje, Ibaró, Jequitiguaçu, Orijeje, Oryjeje, Saboneteiro, Sabão de macaco, Sabão de mico
- Quechua
- Chuluqi
- Russian
- Вестиндское мыльное дерево, Сапиндус мыльный, Сапиндус мыльнянка, Сапиндус-мыльнянка
- Spanish
- Chambimbe, Chambibe, Choloque, Jaboncillal, Paraparal, Paraparo
Synonyms
- Cupania saponarioides Sw.
- Sapindus amolli Sessé & Moc.
- Sapindus divaricatus Willd. ex A.St.-Hil.
- Sapindus inaequalis DC.
- Sapindus indica Poir.
- Sapindus manatensis Schuttl. ex Radlk.
- Sapindus mauritianus Hort.Par. ex Radlk.
- Sapindus oocarpus Radlk.
- Sapindus peruvianus Walp.
- Sapindus peruvianus var. dombeyanus Walp.
- Sapindus peruvianus var. meyenianus Walp.
- Sapindus rigidus Mill.
- Sapindus saponaria f. genuinus Radlk.
- Sapindus saponaria var. saponaria
- Sapindus stenopterus DC.
- Sapindus thurstonii Rock
- Sapindus turczaninowii S.Vidal
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hiobson, 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.