SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Sapindus Emarginatus
MEDICINAL VALUE :
It has antibacterial and antifungal properties. Used in treating migraines. They are used in Ayurvedic medicine as a treatment for eczema, psoriasis, and for removing freckles. Washing your skin regularly with soapnuts can help prevent many skin diseases
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Soapnuts contain Saponin, a very good natural laundry detergent and hence its pulp is used to make soap. They are commercialy used in cosmetics and detergents
GLOSSARY :
- English : Soap Nut
- Tamil : Nolkottai / Ponnankottai
- Malayalam : Urvanji / Ashavakka / Fenila
- Telugu : Kunkudu
- Kannada : Anthwaal / Antuvaala / Norekayi
- Hindi : Ritha / Aritha
- Bengali : Ritha
- Gujarati : Aritha
- Konkani : Ringo
- Marathi : Ritha
- Oriya : Ritha / Mukamanji
- Punjabi : Ritha
- Tulu : Nurekai
