Sapindus saponaria
Black nicker tree, Soap tree, Soapberry tree
IUCN: least concern
122
Bishop specimens
5
Type specimens
1909
First collected
2004
Last collected
No recent record
Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi
In the Library
Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Sapindus saponaria, most mentions first.
2025
Imada, C.T., Faccenda, K., Thomas, M.K., Gallaher, T., Oppenhemier, H., Kennedy, B. & Kalei, A. (eds.) Hawaiian native & naturalized vascular plants checklist (2025 update). 780 pp. [published online 6 November 2025]· Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 2 pages
Where Bishop collected it
13 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.
Two centuries of collecting
1900s2000s
The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1909 by Rock, J.F.C. (Hawaiʻi Island).
From the collection
