Family: Sapindaceae
Group: Dicot
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Habit:
Tree
Perennation:
Perennial
Native Range: Southeastern United States (Florida, eastern Georgia), the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America.
IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status:
Rare
Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida
SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence:
Present
SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status:
Native
South Florida History and Distribution: A rare tree scattered in South Florida. Most plants in South Florida have a noticeable winged margin on the leaf rachis, but the form with a wingless or nearly wingless rachis has been reported as far south as Lee County (Nelson 1994) and Broward County (Hammerstein s.n. FLAS); this form has previously been described as
S. marginatus. The wingless form can be confused with
S. drummondii, from eastern Louisiana and westward, which has deciduous leaves and fruit turning black in drying. ITIS and other authorities now treat
S. drummondii as a variety of
S. saponaria.
SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status:
Cultivated
Comments: Visit our
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the
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Synonyms:
Sapindus marginatus.
FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence:
Present
FLORIDA KEYS Native Status:
Native
IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status:
Imperiled
Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys
Florida Keys History and Distribution: Reported in
1913 by John Kunkel Small for hammocks from the upper Keys to the lower Keys. We consider this native and extant from the upper Keys to the lower Keys.
