Mexican Buckeye

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Mexican Buckeye flowers
Mexican Buckeye flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Ungnadia
Endl.
Species: U. speciosa
Binomial name
Ungnadia speciosa
Endl.

The Mexican Buckeye Ungnadia speciosa is a shrub or small tree native to northeastern Mexico and adjacent western Texas and southern New Mexico in the USA. It is the only species in the genus Ungnadia.

It differs from the buckeyes in the related genus Aesculus in having alternate, pinnate leaves with 5-7 leaflets, but the flowers and nuts are similar. Another similar related genus is the Soapberry Sapindus.

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