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Sapindaceae

Sapindaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Sapindales
Family:Sapindaceae
Genera
About 150 genera; selected important genera:
  • Acer - Maples
  • Aphania - Senegal cherry
  • Aesculus - Buckeyes & Horse-chestnuts
  • Blighia - Akee
  • Dimocarpus - Longans
  • Dipteronia - Dipteronia
  • Koelreuteria - Golden rain trees
  • Litchi - Lychee
  • Melicoccus - Mamoncillos
  • Nephelium - Rambutan
  • Sapindus - Soapberries
  • Ungnadia - Mexican buckeye

Sapindaceae, also known as the Soapberry family, is a family of plants in the order Sapindales.

Sapindaceae includes many species of tropical fruit, including the Lychee, the Longan, the Rambutan, the Mamoncillo and the Akee.

The largely temperate families Hippocastanaceae (Buckeyes & Horse-chestnuts) and Aceraceae (Maples) are very closely related, and are increasingly being included within the Sapindaceae by many botanists.

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