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Sapindus saponaria L.

Sapindaceae

M S North America (USA: Colorado to Missouri, Arizona to Florida; Mexico to Panama; West Indies) N M SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Ceara; Paraguay, Argentina)

MW MC ME SW SC SE

M[L]

E[D]

hel hyg->xer calc

dr (fruits infusion for epilepsia, cataract, ulcer, renal disease, rheumatism and febrifuge, fruits oil for rheumatism and gout, fruits taken orally for asthma, leaves infusion applied to bite for snakebite, popular medicine extracted from fruits, bark and seed, roots decoction taken orally for diarrhea, seed oil for bites of ray, seeds: insecticide, treatment of arthritis, fever, rheumatism, kidney disease) fd fw (firewood) ma (leaves and fruits contain saponin used as a detergent, seeds for rosary, necklace and waistcoat buttons) pl (ornamental) sa (living fences, shade in coffee plantation, soil recuperation) ti (carpentry, fork, foundations of a house, posts, tool handles) tx (fruits and seeds intoxicate and kill fish)

Sapindus divaricatus Cambess. Sapindus forsythii DC. Sapindus manatensis Shuttlew. ex Radlk. Sapindus peruvianus Walp. Sapindus peruvianus var. dombeyanus Walp. Sapindus peruvianus var. meyenianus Walp. Sapindus saponaria f. genuinus Radlk. Sapindus stenopterus DC.

wingleaf soapberry; black nicker tree, Florida soapberry, Mexican soapberry; mountain cherry (Belize); soap berry (Belize, Panama); soap berry tree (Jamaica); soap seed, soap seed tree, soap-seed tree (Belize); soap tree (Belize, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago); soap-berry, soap-berry tree; soapberry (Jamaica, USA); soapseed (Trinidad and Tobago); southern soapberry; sumac-leaved soapberry (Central America, N South America, USA); western soapberry (USA); wild chinatree, wing leaf

savonnier des Antilles; arbre à savon, arbre à savonnette; arbre-à-savon (Haiti); bois de merle, bois de Panama, bois de savon, bois de savonnette; bois mousseux (Guadeloupe); bois Ramon; bois savonette, bois savonnette pays (Haiti); bois savonneux; canique, graine canique, grenaillit, mombin bâtard, pomme de savon (Haiti); saponaire; savonette montagne (Guadeloupe); savonette pays (Haiti); savonettier (Guadeloupe); savonier (Guadeloupe, Haiti); savonnette (Antilles); savonnette montagne, savonnette mousseuse (Guadeloupe); savonnette pays (Haiti); savonnettier (Guadeloupe); savonnier à feuilles ailées, savonnier de Floride

amole, amole de bolita (Mexico); amolillo; amolio, arbolillo (Mexico); bibí, bolchiche, boliche; bolinchero (Costa Rica); casíta (Argentina); cerote (Dominican Republic); checo (Peru); cherioni (Mexico); chirrión; chocho, choco (Colombia); choloque (Peru); cholulo; chorote (Dominican Republic); chumbibo (Colombia, Nicaragua); chumbimbo, chumbino, chumbiro, chunbino (Colombia); churulo (Peru); coyul; cuyus (Nicaragua); devanador; guayul (Mexico); guiril (Belize, Guatemala); huiril (Guatemala); jabon-ché (Belize, Lesser Antilles); jaboncelle (Central America, N South America, USA); jaboncillal; jaboncillo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); jistoúbo, jurupe; limoncillo (Panama); mata de chivo, mata muchacho; matamuchacho, matamuchaco (Mexico); mate de chivo (Dominican Republic); michú (Colombia); ojo de loro (Mexico); pacon (Nicaragua); pacón (Honduras, Nicaragua); pacún (El Salvador); palo amargo (Dominican Republic); palo blanco, palo de cuentas (Mexico); palo de jabón (Dominican Republic); palo de voladillo; palo-jabón (Argentina); para-para (Guyana); parapara (Guyana, Venezuela); parapará, paraparo (Venezuela); pipe, pipi; savonetapel (Lesser Antilles); sotobú (Bolivia); sulluco (Peru); sululu (Bolivia); tehuistle, tzatzupa (Mexico); tzatzupú, yamole, yamoli; yequíti (Argentina)

bwa savon, bwa savonèt peyi (creole, Haiti); chumicos (Brazil); conatsiqui (campa asháninca, Peru); fruta-de-sabão (Brazil); grenayit, grenn kanik (creole, Haiti); guiti (Brazil); hualul (nahuatl, Mexico); huálul; hualule (nahuatl, Mexico); jabon-ché; jabón-che (maya, Belize); jaboncillal (Guatemala); jequiri, jequitiguaçu (Brazil); kanik (creole, Haiti); luci; lúluru (carib); ma-mu-hó; mboull (Senegal); monben bata (creole, Haiti); palo jabón, pau-de-sabão (Brazil); pibi; pòm savon (creole, Haiti); sabão-de-macaco, sabão-de-soldado, sabeiro, saboeiro, saboneiro, sabonete, saboneteiro, salta-martim (Brazil); sapindo, saponaria (italian); savonèt, savonèt peyi (creole, Haiti); savonetapel (Curaçao); savonyè (creole, Haiti); seahone-te (maya, Belize); Seifenbaum (german); sibul (Mexico); sijontez (tzeltal, Mexico); snot pu'pu; sopo sirie (Suriname); sululu (tacana, Bolivia); tehuixtle; túlsi (carib); ximbi'p, yaga-bia, yaga-piaa; zubul (maya, Belize)

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Latin name	Sapindus saponaria L.
Family	Sapindaceae
Distribution	M S North America (USA: Colorado to Missouri, Arizona to Florida; Mexico to Panama; West Indies) N M SC South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Ceara; Paraguay, Argentina)
North America distribution zone	MW MC ME SW SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc
Use	dr (fruits infusion for epilepsia, cataract, ulcer, renal disease, rheumatism and febrifuge, fruits oil for rheumatism and gout, fruits taken orally for asthma, leaves infusion applied to bite for snakebite, popular medicine extracted from fruits, bark and seed, roots decoction taken orally for diarrhea, seed oil for bites of ray, seeds: insecticide, treatment of arthritis, fever, rheumatism, kidney disease) fd fw (firewood) ma (leaves and fruits contain saponin used as a detergent, seeds for rosary, necklace and waistcoat buttons) pl (ornamental) sa (living fences, shade in coffee plantation, soil recuperation) ti (carpentry, fork, foundations of a house, posts, tool handles) tx (fruits and seeds intoxicate and kill fish)
Synonym	Sapindus divaricatus Cambess. Sapindus forsythii DC. Sapindus manatensis Shuttlew. ex Radlk. Sapindus peruvianus Walp. Sapindus peruvianus var. dombeyanus Walp. Sapindus peruvianus var. meyenianus Walp. Sapindus saponaria f. genuinus Radlk. Sapindus stenopterus DC.
English name	wingleaf soapberry; black nicker tree, Florida soapberry, Mexican soapberry; mountain cherry (Belize); soap berry (Belize, Panama); soap berry tree (Jamaica); soap seed, soap seed tree, soap-seed tree (Belize); soap tree (Belize, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago); soap-berry, soap-berry tree; soapberry (Jamaica, USA); soapseed (Trinidad and Tobago); southern soapberry; sumac-leaved soapberry (Central America, N South America, USA); western soapberry (USA); wild chinatree, wing leaf
French name	savonnier des Antilles; arbre à savon, arbre à savonnette; arbre-à-savon (Haiti); bois de merle, bois de Panama, bois de savon, bois de savonnette; bois mousseux (Guadeloupe); bois Ramon; bois savonette, bois savonnette pays (Haiti); bois savonneux; canique, graine canique, grenaillit, mombin bâtard, pomme de savon (Haiti); saponaire; savonette montagne (Guadeloupe); savonette pays (Haiti); savonettier (Guadeloupe); savonier (Guadeloupe, Haiti); savonnette (Antilles); savonnette montagne, savonnette mousseuse (Guadeloupe); savonnette pays (Haiti); savonnettier (Guadeloupe); savonnier à feuilles ailées, savonnier de Floride
Spanish name	amole, amole de bolita (Mexico); amolillo; amolio, arbolillo (Mexico); bibí, bolchiche, boliche; bolinchero (Costa Rica); casíta (Argentina); cerote (Dominican Republic); checo (Peru); cherioni (Mexico); chirrión; chocho, choco (Colombia); choloque (Peru); cholulo; chorote (Dominican Republic); chumbibo (Colombia, Nicaragua); chumbimbo, chumbino, chumbiro, chunbino (Colombia); churulo (Peru); coyul; cuyus (Nicaragua); devanador; guayul (Mexico); guiril (Belize, Guatemala); huiril (Guatemala); jabon-ché (Belize, Lesser Antilles); jaboncelle (Central America, N South America, USA); jaboncillal; jaboncillo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); jistoúbo, jurupe; limoncillo (Panama); mata de chivo, mata muchacho; matamuchacho, matamuchaco (Mexico); mate de chivo (Dominican Republic); michú (Colombia); ojo de loro (Mexico); pacon (Nicaragua); pacón (Honduras, Nicaragua); pacún (El Salvador); palo amargo (Dominican Republic); palo blanco, palo de cuentas (Mexico); palo de jabón (Dominican Republic); palo de voladillo; palo-jabón (Argentina); para-para (Guyana); parapara (Guyana, Venezuela); parapará, paraparo (Venezuela); pipe, pipi; savonetapel (Lesser Antilles); sotobú (Bolivia); sulluco (Peru); sululu (Bolivia); tehuistle, tzatzupa (Mexico); tzatzupú, yamole, yamoli; yequíti (Argentina)
Other name	bwa savon, bwa savonèt peyi (creole, Haiti); chumicos (Brazil); conatsiqui (campa asháninca, Peru); fruta-de-sabão (Brazil); grenayit, grenn kanik (creole, Haiti); guiti (Brazil); hualul (nahuatl, Mexico); huálul; hualule (nahuatl, Mexico); jabon-ché; jabón-che (maya, Belize); jaboncillal (Guatemala); jequiri, jequitiguaçu (Brazil); kanik (creole, Haiti); luci; lúluru (carib); ma-mu-hó; mboull (Senegal); monben bata (creole, Haiti); palo jabón, pau-de-sabão (Brazil); pibi; pòm savon (creole, Haiti); sabão-de-macaco, sabão-de-soldado, sabeiro, saboeiro, saboneiro, sabonete, saboneteiro, salta-martim (Brazil); sapindo, saponaria (italian); savonèt, savonèt peyi (creole, Haiti); savonetapel (Curaçao); savonyè (creole, Haiti); seahone-te (maya, Belize); Seifenbaum (german); sibul (Mexico); sijontez (tzeltal, Mexico); snot pu'pu; sopo sirie (Suriname); sululu (tacana, Bolivia); tehuixtle; túlsi (carib); ximbi'p, yaga-bia, yaga-piaa; zubul (maya, Belize)
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