Western Soapberry

Sapindus saponaria

Western Soapberry is a tough, moderately growing native tree that has served both ecological and practical purposes across the Southwest for centuries. Its translucent, golden-orange berries producing a natural soap when lathered with water. Growing 20–30 feet tall with an upright, rounded canopy of finely textured, pinnately compound leaves, it provides attractive light shade and clusters of small white flowers in spring. Highly adapted to the alkaline soils, heat, and drought of Texas, it develops attractive, mottled exfoliating bark and golden-yellow fall foliage as seasons change.

• Attractive Clustered White Flowers
• Brilliant Golden-Yellow Fall Foliage
• Tough & Drought-Tolerant Native