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Botanical name : SAPINDUS MUKKROSSI

Family name : SAPINDACEAE

Common 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.

 

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