Commemorating Rembert Dodoens (1517–85), Flemish botanist and Professor of Medicine at Leyden University.

Shrubs or small trees, often resinous. Leaves alternate, simple or pinnate, mostly narrowing gradually at the base. Flowers male, female or bisexual, regular, inconspicuous. Sepals mostly 4, occasionally 3-7. Petals absent. Stamens mostly 8-10, absent or rudimentary in female flowers. Disk small. Ovary of 2-6 carpels, usually sticky, absent or rudimentary in males. Fruit capsule with 2-4 angles or wings, splitting by valves.

Grown for the wide range of bark types, habits, foliage types (sometimes aromatic), leaf colours, and the unusual winged fruits.

68 species of the tropics, temperate Africa, the Pacific and Australia (59 endemic species).

Seed or cuttings.

Used by early settlers as a substitute for hops in the brewing of beer.

Petals absent.

West (1984).

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Sapindaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.