Plants used for soap

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List of plants some organ of which is directly used as soap. This list excludes oil plants, the oil of which is used through esterification.

  • Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.: leaves
  • Colubrina decipiens (Baill.) Capuron: bark
  • Colubrina arborescens (Mill.) Sarg.: leaves, bark
  • Momordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng.: roots
  • Quillaja saponaria Molina: soap from the powder of internal bark, pesticide adjuvant
  • Sapindus mukorossi: fruits (washing nuts). saponine (terpenic or steroidic)
  • Sapindus saponaria L.
  • Saponaria officinalis L.: roots (saponaire)
  • Sida rhombifolia L.: leaves
  • Triadica sebifera (L.) Small: leave wax used to produce a soap
  • Trichilia emetica Vahl: seed oil, leaves
  • Zanha africana (Radlk.) Exell: root or stem bark, fruits
  • Zanha golungensis Hiern: bark
  • Zanha suaveolens Capuron: bark

Although it is called savonnier and belongs to the Sapindaceae family, Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm. doesn't seem to be used for soap.