Sapindaceae

Lychee ( , ; Litchi chinensis; ) is a monotypic taxon and the sole member in the genus Litchi in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. The fruit is edible and has a sweet, mildly tart flavor and a distinctive floral aroma often described as rose-like.

The Sapindaceae are a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales known as the soapberry family. It contains 138 genera and 1,858 accepted species. Examples include horse chestnut, maples, ackee and lychee.

The ackee (Blighia sapida), also known as acki, akee, or ackee apple, is a fruit of the Sapindaceae (soapberry) family, as are the lychee and the longan. It is native to tropical West Africa. The scientific name honours Captain William Bligh who took the fruit from Jamaica to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England, in 1793. The English common name is derived from the West African Akan-language name .

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Koelreuteria , also known as chinese lantern tree, is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to southern and eastern Asia, as well as the island of Fiji. Many fossil species are also known, suggesting that this genus had a wider range in the past.

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Xanthoceras sorbifolium, the yellowhorn, shiny leaf yellowhorn, goldenhorn, or Chinese flowering chestnut, is a woody oil tree species in the family Sapindaceae, and the only species in the genus Xanthoceras. It is native to northern China in the provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning, Nei Monggol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Shandong. It is also cultivated in Russia, having been imported there since the 19th Century. The genus name Xanthoceras (which translates as "yellow horn") is considered to be the most basal member of the family Sapindaceae. The specific epithet sorbifolium refers to the l

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Blighia is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. They are trees or large shrubs native to tropical Africa from Guinea east to Kenya, and south to Angola and KwaZulu-Natal. The fruit is partly edible, with the Ackee (B. sapida) being grown commercially for fruit production. The genus is named for Captain William Bligh (formerly of ), who brought samples back to England.

Sapindoideae is a subfamily of flowering plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. It includes a number of fruit trees, including lychees, longans, rambutans, and quenepas.

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Melicoccus is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to tropical regions of northern and western South America.

Talisia is a genus of 52 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas. The genus is closely related to Melicoccus, with some species sometimes included in that genus.

Pancovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

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Matayba is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Mexico and the Caribbean to Uruguay.

Xerospermum is a small genus of Asian plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Deinbollia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

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Lychnodiscus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Chytranthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. It includes 32 species of small trees and shrubs native to tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea eastwards to Kenya and Tanzania and south to Angola. Most species have a palm-like habit, with large pinnate leaves and unbranched trunks.

Sarcotoechia is a genus of trees in the lychee family Sapindaceae, endemic to New Guinea, Maluku and tropical Queensland. Ten species have been described, two of which are disputed.

Diatenopteryx is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Toulicia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Thouinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. ==Distribution and habitat== They are native to Mexico to Central America (within Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) and the Caribbean (within Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico and the Turks and Caicos Islands).

Tristiropsis is a genus of flowering plants of the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Malesia, Queensland and some islands of the western Pacific.

Exothea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Llagunoa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Trigonachras is a genus of 8 species of trees known to science, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae.

Macphersonia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Eriocoelum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Averrhoidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Thouinidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Bridgesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. The sole species, Bridgesia incisifolia, grows as a shrub in Chile.

Pseudopteris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae, native to Madagascar, whose species include:

Pavieasia is a small genus of tree species in the family Sapindaceae. Records are mostly from southern China and Vietnam.

Guindilia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Pseudima is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Diplokeleba is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Laccodiscus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Dilodendron is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Porocystis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Vouarana is a genus of medium-sized trees of the soapberry subfamily Sapindoideae, native to tropical southern Central America and northern South America. It is closely related to the genus Cupania. As was his wont, Aublet named the genus after what the local people called the plants, a practice his contemporaries criticized as barbarous.

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Synima is a genus of tropical rainforest trees, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae.

Thinouia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. It is also in the Sapindoideae subfamily and Paullinieae tribe.

Aporrhiza is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Plagioscyphus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Madagascar.

Conchopetalum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Molinaea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Chouxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.

Stadtmannia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae.