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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Maples, Mangos, Mahogany, Citrus, and Allies
  6. Soapberry Family
  7. Soapberry

genus

Soapberry

Sapindus

Traits
Includes
5 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Western Soapberry native
  • Reetha introduced
  • Wingleaf Soapberry native
  • Florida Soapberry native
  • Lonomea native
  • Mānele native
  • South India Soapnut

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native soapberry All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Western Soapberry Sapindus drummondii caterpillars 3 food 6 flowers 8
  • Wingleaf Soapberry Sapindus saponaria caterpillars 2 food 2
  • Lonomea Sapindus oahuensis caterpillars 1
  • Florida Soapberry Sapindus marginatus
  • Mānele Sapindus thurstonii

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