Family: Sapindaceae
Family: Sapindaceae
Popular name: The Soapberry Family
Taxonomic Position According to Cronquist
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Division | Magnoliophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sapindales |
| Family | Sapindaceae |
Botanical Description of the Family
Habit: Trees, shrub or lians, rarely herbaceous climbers, monoecious or dioecious.
Root: Tap root system
Stem: Branched
Leaves: Leaves, pinnate, trifoliate, simple or rarely compound.
Inflorescence: Mostly terminal, sometime axillary, ramiflorous
Flower: Pentamerous, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic
Calyx: Sepal 4 or 5 rarely more
Corolla: Petals 4-5
Androecium: Number of stamens vary 5-10
Gynoecium: Ovary superior
Fruit: Usually capsule or drupe
Table 1: Crop plants of Sapindaceae Family
| Sl. No. | Bangla name | English name | Scientific name | Usefulness |
| 1 | Lichu | Litchi | Litchi chinensis Sonn. | Fruit |