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Accession Data

Quillaja saponaria

Common Name: Soap Bark Tree

Family: Quillajaceae

Country of Origin: Chile

Uses: The inner bark was traditionally used as a soap substitute. Soap Bark Tree extracts are the basis of an adjuvant, Matrix-M, which is a component of new vaccines for COVID-19 and malaria.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8a-10b

Accession #: 201400199

Accession Date: 2014-10-02 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2116

Quantity: 1

Source: Cistus Nursery

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid I

Order: Fabales

Family: Quillajaceae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 September 2014.
  2. Cistus Nursery online catalog. Accessed 6 October 2014.
  3. Wikipedia. Accessed 6 October 2014.
  4. Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena {in Spanish}. Accessed 6 October 2014.
  5. Musial, Kathy; An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile; Pacific Horticulture, October 2011. Accessed 20 March 2015.
  6. Reardon, S. 2023. Is the Novavax COVID vaccine better than MRNA Vaccines? Scientific American. Accessed Nov 16 2023.

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Quillaja saponaria