Sapindus marginatus
Soapberry, Florida
- Hardiness
- USDA Zones 8–9
- Mature size
- Height 25–30 Feet · Spread 15–20 Feet
This variety is no actively in production in our propagation house and may not return to our catalogue. We maintain this page purely for reference and archival purposes. If you would like to grow this plant, tell us. Your interest helps guide what we bring back.
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This attractive small-medium deciduous tree has compound leaves dark green leaves, and white spring flowers that are followed by clusters of marble-sized yellow fruits. The fruits are rich in saponin and can lather like soap in water. This rare tree with golden fall foliage is found in woodlands on calcareous soils at widely scattered sites in southern Georgia and Florida. It is rare in cultivation and almost unknown in the nursery trade.
white, spring