{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{Speciesbox |image = Sapindus marginatus.jpg |image_caption = Stand of ''Sapindus marginatus'' trees |genus = Sapindus |species = marginatus |authority = Willd.<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:784646-1 |title=''Sapindus marginatus'' Willd. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |year=2026 |access-date=5 March 2026}}</ref> |synonyms = {{species list|hidden=no |Sapindus acuminatus |Raf. |Sapindus falcatus |Raf. |Sapindus manatensis |Shuttlew. ex Radlk. }} |synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}} }}
'''''Sapindus marginatus''''', the '''Florida soapberry''', is a tree native to Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. It grows to about {{cvt|30|ft|order=flip}} tall. It has pale gray or brown, ridged bark. The leaves are up to {{cvt|1|ft|cm|0|order=flip}} foot long with 6 to 13 leaflets. The leaflets are {{cvt|2|to|6|in|cm|0|order=flip}} long and {{cvt|.75|to|2.75|in|cm|0|order=flip}} wide, and have pointed tips with no teeth on the edges. The leaflets may be opposite or alternate. The leaves fall in the early spring.<ref name=MAR/>
Florida soapberry is similar to tropical soapberry (''Sapindus saponaria''). Some botanists consider Florida soapberry to be the same species as tropical soapberry.<ref name=MAR>{{cite web |author=Linda G. Chafin |title=''Sapindus marginatus'' |url=http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/wrd/pdf/fact-sheets/soapberry_2010.pdf |date=2010 |website=Wildlife Resources Division |publisher=Georgia Department of Natural Resources |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040843/http://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/wrd/pdf/fact-sheets/soapberry_2010.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=dead |accessdate=5 March 2026}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q22112311}}
marginatus Category:Trees of Northern America