Natural Soap Nuts

Details:

• Family: Sapindaceae (Soapberry family)
• Kingdom: Plantae
• Subkingdom: Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
• Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
• Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
• Subclass: Rosidae
• Order: Sapindales
• Tribe: Andropogoneae
• Genus: Sapindus (Soapberry) Names in different languages:
• English name- Soapnut, Soap Nut, Soapberry, Soap Berry, Washnut, and Wash Nut, South Indian Soapnut, three-leaf soapberry
• Hindi name- Ritha, Reetha, Aritha, phenil (as it produces froth), risht, rishtak
• Kannada name – Antuvala kayi norekaayi, togate mara
• Telugu name- Kunkum Chettu, kunkuduchettu, phenilamu
• Tamil name- Pannankottai, punalai, punthi, puvanti
• Manipuri name – Kekru
• Malayalam name – cavakkaay, pasakkottamaram, uruvanchi
• Bengali name – Ritha
• Oriya, Konkani name – Ritha
• Urdu name – Phenil, Reetha
• Gujarati name – arithi, aritho, arithu