SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI

Plant Name: SAPINDUS MUKOROSSI

English Name: Consap , Soap-nut tree

Local Name:

• Chinese soapberry, Consap
• Doadni, Doda, Dodan
• Ritha
• Soap-nut tree

Family: Sapindeae

Uses:
The fruit is of considerable importance for its medicinal value as well. Ayurvedic, Unani and Tibetan systems of medicine consider it to be useful for treating a number of diseases like common cold, pimples, epilepsy, constipation, nausea, etc. It is also used as expectorant and enthelmintic in small doses. The dried fruit of Ritha is most valuable part of the plant. Its fleshy portion contains saponin, which is a good substitute for washing soap and is as such used in preparation of quality shampoos, detergents, etc. In fact the skin of the fruit is highly valued by the rural folks as a natural produced shampoo for washing their hair. They also use these for washing woolen clothes. This is why some botanists have named the species as Sapindus detergens.