Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sapindaceae | Genus: Sapindus | Species: Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.( रीठा ) |
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| Synonym | Sapindus detergens Roxb. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Ritha | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Soapnut Tree | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Reetha | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up To 1500m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, globose, hard or coriaceous when dry, yellowish-brown, 1-seeded, 2 undeveloped cocci at the base. Seed black to dark brown |
| Habitat | Found In Both Plain And Hill Areas | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | China, Japan, South-West India, Bengal And West Pakistan | Bark Details | Bark dark to pale yellow, fairly smooth, with many vertical lines |
| Distribution in Haryana | Sonepat | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | A deciduous tree up to 20 m tall. Leaves pinnate, glabrous, leaflets sub - sessile, 4-8 pairs, opposite to sub-opposite, lanceolate to oblong, entire, acute to acuminate, oblique. Flowers greenish-yellow in terminal, pubescent panicles. Sepals unequal, elliptic-oblong to ovate, margin ciliate, glandular at the tip. Petals lanceolate ovate, clawed, ciliate. Stamens 8, free, filament, oblong. Ovary sessile, obovate, 3-locular, glabrous. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a drupe, globose, hard or coriaceous when dry, yellowish-brown, 1-seeded, 2 undeveloped cocci at the base. Seed black to dark brown. | Leaf Details | Leaves pinnate, glabrous, leaflets sub - sessile, 4-8 pairs, opposite to sub-opposite, lanceolate to oblong, entire, acute to acuminate, oblique. |
