Accession Data:
Quillaja saponaria Molina
- Common Name: Soap Bark Tree
- Family: Quillajaceae
- Country of Origin: Chile
- Habitat: Mattorral
- 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.
- USDA Zone: 8a-10b
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201400199
- Source: Cistus Nursery
- Accession Date: 10-02-2014
- Bench: 2116 - MED:Mattoral B
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-12-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Fabales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Quillajaceae
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- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Chile South
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 September 2014.
- Cistus Nursery online catalog. Accessed 6 October 2014.
- Wikipedia. Accessed 6 October 2014.
- Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena {in Spanish}. Accessed 6 October 2014.
- Musial, Kathy; An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile; Pacific Horticulture, October 2011. Accessed 20 March 2015.
- Reardon, S. 2023. Is the Novavax COVID vaccine better than MRNA Vaccines? Scientific American. Accessed Nov 16 2023.
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