English: Soap berry family; Soapberry family.
Including:
Aceraceae,
Hippocastanaceae.
Members: ± 150 genera; ± 1900 species.
Region: tropical, subtropical, few subtemperate.
Content: quebrachitol, cyclopropane amino acids, saponins.
DD: Carbon, Silicon; Oxygen,
Sulphur,
Silver series.
TaxonomySapindaceae is one of the main Families in the
Sapindales in the
Apg3 classification.
In the
Plant theory Sapindaceae is placed in
Subphase 4.
BotanyTrees; woody; need manganese.
Leaves: composite; leaflets subopposite, terminal rachis tip;petiole base swollen.
Flowers: often hairy inside; nectary extrastaminal; stamens 8 or less, hairy; ovules sessile; embryo curved; filaments pubescent or papillose; petals appendaged..
Seeds: testa vascularized, radicle in pocket formed by testa.