NameThatPlant.net: Sapindus marginatus

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sapindus marginatus FAMILY Sapindaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Florida Soapberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sapindus saponaria var. saponaria FAMILY Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 117-03-001:

Sapindus marginatus FAMILY Sapindaceae

COMMON NAME:
Florida Soapberry

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sapindus marginatus FAMILY Sapindaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sapindus saponaria var. saponaria FAMILY Sapindaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 117-03-001:
Sapindus marginatus FAMILY Sapindaceae

3779

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Coastal marsh hammocks, shell middens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia & possibly South Carolina

Rare in Coastal Plain (historically in SC, but not recently seen)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Pinnately compound (even or odd): 6-14 leaflets
Alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
Superior ovary
Functionally unisexual

Flowers in a terminal panicle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish-orange
Drupe-like soap nut

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