Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Sapindales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Sapindus drummondii
COMMON NAME:
Western Soapberry
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February
Bark becomes platy or scaly; as these fall they create a colorful patchwork, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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September
Subglobose 1/2" translucent yellow-orange drupes remain on tree into Spring, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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September
Rachis wingless. Leaflets slightly curved or sickle-shaped not unlike pecan, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of trees
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii
FAMILY
Sapindaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Sapindus drummondii
3778
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Dioecious
Native: south & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -
Habitat: Dry to mesic upland forests and woodlands, bluffs, glade margins, stream banks, hardwood flatwoods, bottomland forests; often associated with larger rivers, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Even-pinnately compound: 6-24 leaflets
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-white
Functionally unisexual
5 petals
8 stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in a terminal panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish
Drupe-like soap nut
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