- Family : SAPINDACEAE
(Soapberry Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
- Synonym(s) : Sapindus trifoliata sensu Hiern in FBI 1875, non L. 1753.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Sapindus emarginatus Vahl
- Common name : Soapnut Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Ritha, Reetha (Hindi)
- Kunkudu (Telugu)
- Rentha, Maktamanji (Oria)
- Ritha (Marathi)
- Poovankottai, Puchaa, Pounanga (Tamil)
- Chuvappukamaram, Pachakotta, Pasakottamaram, Soppinkaimaram, Soapumka, Uravanchi, Urungi (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests and margins of grasslands
- Comments / notes : Occasional in dry evergreen to semi-evergreen patches on hills up to 1000m
- Key identification features : Fruit sparsely hairy, of 3 drupelets connate up to half their length
- Flower, Fruit : February-December
- Collector(s) Name : S.B.Manohar, B.Gurudev Singh; Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 19-03-1980, 20-09-1975
- Collection Nos : KFP 11031, SJC 18719
- Collection Locality : M.M.hills- Palar road, Mysuru district; Good Shepherd Convent, Bangalore
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district, Kurnool district, Prakasam district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand :
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
- Native : Andaman Islands, India, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Sapindus emarginatus. Downloaded on 16 October 2024.
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