Sapindus SAPONARIA L.
| Synonym : | Sapindus abruptus Lour. Sapindus indica Poir. Sapindus rigidus Mill. Sapindus stenopterus DC. Sa |
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| Bangla Name : | Ritha,Rohan gota(Munda). |
| English Name : | Soap nut tree |
| Family : | Sapindaceae |
| Disease : | Expectorant, emetic, excessive salivation, epilepsy, chlorosis, insecticidal, dental caries, fever, |
| Description : | Trees, deciduous. Bark grayish brown or blackish brown; young branches green, glabrous. Leaves with petiole, axis slightly flat, grooved adaxially, glabrous or pilosulose; leaflets 5-8 pairs, usually subopposite; blades adaxially shiny, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate or slightly falcate, thinly papery, abaxially glabrous or pilosulose, base cuneate, slightly asymmetrical, apex acute or shortly acuminate. Inflorescences terminal, conical.Flowers actinomorphic, small.Pedicels very short.Sepals ovate or oblong-ovate.Disk acetabuliform, glabrous. Stamens 8, exserted. Ovary glabrous.Fertile schizocarps orange, black when dry, subglobose, 2-2.5 cm in diam. Fl. spring, fr. summer-autumn. |
| Distribution : | Sylhet, North Bengal. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Saponins- sapindoside A and sapindoside B. Nuts contain kaempferol, quercetin and ?-sitosterol. Saponin emarginatoside from fruits. |
| Uses : | This plant is used in Expectorant, emetic, excessive salivation, epilepsy, chlorosis, insecticidal, dental caries, fever, cutaneous diseases. |
| Habit : | Tree |