✿Sapindaceae · Sapindus
Phenil / Soapnut Tree
Sapindus trifoliatus
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- October-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Sapindus trifoliatus
- Genus
- Sapindus
- Family
- Sapindaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semievergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- South Asia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Phenil itself; the rest are typical of the Sapindaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Sapindaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- फेनिल phenil, रिष्ट risht, रिष्टक rishtak
- Bengali
- ৰীঠা Ritha
- Tamil
- புனலை punalai, பூந்தி punthi, பூவந்தி puvanti
- Telugu
- కుంకుడుచెట్టు kunkuduchettu, ఫేనిలము phenilamu
- Kannada
- ಅಂಟುವಾಳ Antuvaala, ನೊರೆಕಾಯಿ Norekaayi, ಕೂಗಟೆ ಮರ Koogate mara
- Malayalam
- ചവക്കായ് cavakkaay, പശക്കൊട്ടമരം pasakkottamaram, ഉറുവഞ്ചി uruvanchi
- Marathi
- फेनिल phenil, रिंठी rinthi, रिठा ritha
About Phenil
A member of the Sapindaceae family, Soapnut Tree (Sapindus trifoliatus) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and 6 other states. It grows in semievergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from October to April.
Botanical family
Sapindaceae
Soapberry/Lychee family
Phenil belongs to the Sapindaceae family.
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