A New Sapindus mukorossi Cultivar‘Wenwen’

doi:10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2025-0915

Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (S1): 291-292.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2025-0915

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A New Sapindus mukorossi Cultivar‘Wenwen’

HE Shihao¹, YUE Tianze¹, SUN Caowen², LIU Jiming¹, CHEN Zhong¹, WENG Xuehuang³, LUO Shuijing³, JIA Liming^1,*

¹Key Laboratory of Silviculture and Conservation of the Ministry of Education,National Energy R & D Center for Non-food Biamass,School of Forestry,Beijing Forestry University,Beijing 100083,China;
²Nanjing Forestry University,Nanjing 210037,China;
³Yuanhua Forestry Biotechnology Co.,Ltd.,Jianning,Fujian 354500,China

Received:2025-09-28 Revised:2026-02-13 Online:2026-04-28 Published:2026-05-07

Abstract

Abstract: ‘Wenwen’is a newly developed cultivar of Sapindus mukorossi,selected from a naturally distributed superior individual in Jianning County,Sanming City,Fujian Province,and propagated by grafting. Its flowering and fruiting phenology is delayed by 30-45 days compared with local germplasm. The fruit and seed exhibit oblate spheroid shapes,with transverse-to-lateral diameter ratios of 1.63 and 1.52,respectively. The weight of 100 fruits is 479.83 g,with the pericarp accounting for 342.15 g. The saponin content in the pericarp reaches 22.28%,and the kernel oil content is 37.00%. This cultivar shows a high grafting survival rate and begins to flower and fruit abundantly three years after grafting. It is suitable for cultivation and promotion in subtropical regions such as Fujian and Guangdong.

Key words: Sapindus mukorossi, fruit shape, saponin, cultivar

CLC Number:

S792.99

HE Shihao, YUE Tianze, SUN Caowen, LIU Jiming, CHEN Zhong, WENG Xuehuang, LUO Shuijing, JIA Liming. A New Sapindus mukorossi Cultivar‘Wenwen’[J]. Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 2026, 53(S1): 291-292.

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