Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aretha mota	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
arishtaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aristaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aritha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhakri	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
buah lerak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chhopra	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chinese soap berry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chinese soapberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dodan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gundarasi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hathan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
indian soapberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jharlyang	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kalalgera	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kanmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lung tang	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
makalawa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mukuroji	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
phenila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
raitha	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
reetha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reethaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ritha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
riththa	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
ritta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rittha	Other	Med. Pl., Trad. Med., Markets in Nepal (Kunwar et al., 2013)
soap nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soap nut tree	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
soap nut tree of north india	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
soap-nut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
urista	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wuhuanzi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
ལུང་ཏང་།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
无患子	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无患子中仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无患子叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无患子树皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无患子皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
无患树蔃	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Seed		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Fruits, Seeds, Leaves, Roots		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
fruits, nuts, seeds		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sapindus abruptus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 238 (1790).
Sapindus acuminatus Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 139 (1835).
Sapindus boninensis Tuyama Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 49: 449 (1935).
Sapindus detergens Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 280 (1832).
Sapindus emarginatus Anon. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 303 (1895), nom. illeg.
Sapindus indicus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 667 (1805).
Sapindus mukorossi var. carinatus Radlk. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 165: 653 (1932).
Sapindus oocarpus Radlk. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 302 (1910).
Sapindus polyphyllus Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 29 (1814), nom. nud.
Sapindus utilis Trab. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 67: 196 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sapindus mukorossi	Med. Pl., Trad. Med., Markets in Nepal (Kunwar et al., 2013) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sapindus mukorossi Gaertner	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Sapindus mukurossi Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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