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Sapindaceae : The Soapberry Family

To date two or three species of Sapindaceae have been collected, one of the genus Cardiospermum and the other one or two of the genus Serjania. However, it is possible that another plant, (masa:xokotl), a wild plum tree, is also of this family.

The following members of this family have been documented in sources consulted on Guerrero flora: Cardiospermum halicacabum, Dodonea viscosa, Exothea sp., Sapindus saponaria, Serjania paniculata, Serjania triquetra, Urvillea biternata, and Urvillea ulmacea.

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List of Sapindaceae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names

 
Genus species
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
  Cardiospermum halicacabum L. [#95]   tre:s kosti:yas / a:yekaxtsi:n / kakalakatsi:n komekatsi:ntli de a:yekaxtsi:n koyo:tomatl
  Cardiospermum halicacabum L. [#155]   tre:s kosti:yas (komekatl) (not named) (not named)
  Serjania sp. [#183]   tre:s kosti:yas de susuwa:tl / tre:s kosti:yas de istá:k (not named) (not named)
  Serjania sp. [#208]   tre:s kosti:yas de tla:katl (not named) tre:s kosti:yas de tla:katl