soapberry

English

soap +‎ berry: the fleshy part of the fruit was used in washing linen.

soapberry (plural soapberries)

Any woody plant of the Sapindaceae family, found chiefly in tropical climates, most commonly the genus Sapindus.
Hyponym: ackee
The fruit of such a plant, especially of the tree Sapindus saponaria.
Synonym: soapnut

woody plant

Bulgarian: сапунено дърво (sapuneno dǎrvo)
Dutch: zeepboom (nl) m, sapindus m (Latin)
French: savonnier (fr) m
Spanish: (Sapindus saponaria) jaboncillo m, chambimbe m (Colombia), choloque m (Peru), chumico m (Costa Rica), isotoubo m (Bolivia), jorupe m (Ecuador), marikuru m (Chile), pacún m (El Salvador, Nicaragua), paraparo m (Venezuela)
Volapük: sapind

its fruit

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