Bed-jacket vs Soapberry

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Sapindus saponaria

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Soapberry is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Soapberry
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family same	Sapindaceae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Sapindus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Sapindus saponaria

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Soapberry share a common ancestor at the Family level: Sapindaceae.

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Soapberry

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Soapberry
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Soapberry

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (India, Vietnam), North America (Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala), and South America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia).

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.