Botanical name : SAPINDUS MUKKROSSIFamily name : SAPINDACEAECommon name : SOAPNUT Habitat : Through out India, Nepal in lower forests Description: medium sized deciduous tree up to 20m in height with grey smooth bark, peeling off in scales, leaves pinnate, leaflets 2-3 pairs, terminal pair being the largest, flowers white, polygamous, male flowers many, bisexual flowers few, all in the same pubescent panicle, fruits fleshy drupes, the pulp becoming a saponaceous wrinkled rind on drying, seeds black.
IN A SOAPNUT SHELL 2 Garden House Cottages, Plawhatch Lane, Sharpthorne, West Sussex RH19 4JL 01342 811220
IN A SOAPNUT SHELL
2 Garden House Cottages, Plawhatch Lane, Sharpthorne, West Sussex RH19 4JL
01342 811220