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Reetha

Local Name	:	Reetha
Botanical Name	:	Sapindus emarginatus Vahl
Common Name	:	Soapnut tree
Family	:	Sapindaceae
Distribution	:	The species is distributed in southern part of India and recorded from Kerela, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, etc. The species is cultivated for its medicinal uses.
Habit	:	Tree
Short Description	:	It is a medium-sized deciduous tree with a smooth, grayish bark and a dense, rounded crown. It has pinnate leaves with numerous paired leaflets and produces small, white flowers in terminal panicles.

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Descriptions

It is a large tree with rough, dark brown bark. Leaves are paripinnate, alternate, tomentose and swollen at the base, broadly oblong or elliptic, emarginate or obtuse apex. Flowers white in terminal axillary panicles. Fruits drupe in in 3 cocci, pubescent when young and glabrescent when ripe.

Flowering & Fruiting Period

November - March

Use(s)

The fruit is used as a natural shampoo and cleanser for hair and skin.