Plants used for soap
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.