Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sapindus saponaria L. [Sapindaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Sapindus saponaria var. inaequalis Radlk.

Sapindus saponaria var. jardiniana F.Br.

Sapindus saponaria var. saponaria

Sapindus saponaria var. thurstonii (Rock) Skottsb.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amole	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amole de bolita	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bibi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bois de panama	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
boliche	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
casita-rá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
choloque	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
cholulo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cuentas del xabon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
devanador	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
false dogwood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fruta-de-sabão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gualulo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ina sasili	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
jaboncillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jamoncillo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jequiriguaçú	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jitó	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
magyi-bauk	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
manele	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
matamuchacho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palo blanco	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palo de cueatas	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palo jabon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palo jabón	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
para-para	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pau-de-sabão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pipal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pipe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
quillai iba-ro	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
saboeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sabonete	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
saboneteira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sabão-de-macaco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sabão-de-soldado	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
savonnier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
savonnier des antilles	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
seifenbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
silbato	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
soapberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
soapnut	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
soaptree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
southern soapberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
såpbärsträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tehoitzli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tehuistle	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tehuixtle	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tehuiztle	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
western soapberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wing-leaf soapberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wingleaf soapberry	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yamole (nahuatli)	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yamolli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yuquití	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruit		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
fruit, root		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Fruit, Root, Seed		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sapindus alatus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 280 (1796), nom. superfl.
Sapindus saponaria f. genuinus Radlk. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(3): 517 (1900), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sapindus saponaria	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sapindus saponaria L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sapindus saponaria Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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