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Schleichera is a genus with one species, Schleichera oleosa, a tree of the soapberry family native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is grown mainly as a shade and fodder tree, and the key to growing it is a hot, open site with well-drained soil.
Schleichera is a monotypic genus of plants in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae. There is only one species, Schleichera oleosa. This tree occurs in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
It is native to the Andaman Islands, Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Java, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, the Maluku Islands, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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