Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Sapindaceae | Genus: Sapindus | Species: Sapindus trifoliatus Linn |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | - | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Phenil, Rishtak, Risht, Ritha | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Soapnut Tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Kekru | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1500 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit is 16-18 mm across, globose, greenish-yellow, Fulvous Hairy When Young, Wrinkled When Ripe; seeds 2-3, globose, black |
| Habitat | Occurs in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests also in the plains | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar | Bark Details | Bark grey with rough scales |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Trees to 18 m high, bark 4-6 mm thick, greyish-brown; brittle or semi fibrous; blaze creamy yellow; branchlets lenticellate | Leaf Details | Leaves paripinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 4.5-10 cm, stout, glabrous, swollen at base; leaflets 4-6, opposite or subopposite; petiolule 2-5 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 6.5-25 X 2.5-11.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic or lanceolate, base oblique |
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