Sapindaceae

Sapindaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Sapindaceae
Genera
About 150 genera; selected important genera: Acer - Maples Aphania - Senegal cherry Aesculus - Buckeyes & Horse-chestnuts; Blighia - Akee Cardiospermum - Love in a puff Dimocarpus - Longans Dipteronia - Dipteronia Koelreuteria - Golden rain trees Litchi - Lychee Melicoccus - Mamoncillo Nephelium - Rambutan Paullinia - Guarana and Yoco Sapindus - Soapberries Ungnadia - Mexican buckeye

Sapindaceae, also known as the Soapberry family, is a family of plants in the order Sapindales.

Sapindaceae includes many species of tropical fruit, including the Lychee, the Guarana, the Longan, the Rambutan, the Mamoncillo and the Akee.

The largely temperate families Hippocastanaceae (Buckeyes & Horse-chestnuts;) and Aceraceae (Maples) are very closely related, and are increasingly being included within the Sapindaceae by many botanists.