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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Sapindaceae (ムクロジ科) > Sapindus mukorossi
Sapindus L. (ムクロジ)One species in Japan, that is:Mukuroji (ムクロジ, 無患子), Chinese soapberry or washnut for the fruit Lifeform: deciduous tree Distribution: northern India - Himalaya - southern China - Taiwan - Japan (south to central Honshu) Habitat: sunny forest Leaf: becoming yellow in autumn Use: plantation (poison → cleanser/insecticide) |
Synonyms:
Sapindus saponaria auct. non L. |
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[1-3] in Hama-rikyu Gardens, Tokyo, on November 13 2015.