Sharing a tree from Pune… many of us already know its fruit… the Reetha or Soapnut tree.
Read more about this tree here. Some images from the other post follow.
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Reetha goes by the botanical name Sapindus emarginatus and belongs to the the Sapindaceae family.
This post is part of Parul’s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.
I had several issues with posting on this space and issues with comments as well. Lets see how this post fares!