Family · Rosids

Quillajaceae

Soapbark

Soapbark family: South American evergreen trees whose saponin-rich bark yields commercial soap and vaccine adjuvants.

Accepted species: 2accepted names · Kew WCVP
Genus: 1accepted genus · Kew WCVP
Origin: ≈99 MaCretaceous · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
Centre of diversity: Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

Quillaja saponaria

Its genus

Quillaja2 spp.

Where it grows

Southern America2

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Quillajaceae sits in the order Fabales.