Soap Nut

 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