Filicium

{{short description|Genus of Sapindaceae plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|image = Starr 020617-0015 Filicium decipiens.jpg

|image_caption = Filicium decipiens as a street tree in Maui

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Filicium

|authority = Thwaites (1864)Gen. Pl. 1: 325. (1862)

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

• Pseudoprotorhus H.Perrier (1944)
• Jurighas {{small|L. ex Kuntze (1891)}}
• Pteridophyllum {{small|Thwaites (1854), nom. illeg.}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:5137-1|title=Filicium Thwaites|author= |website=Plants of the World Online|publisher= Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=21 August 2024}}

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Filicium is a genus of flowering plants in the soapberry family Sapindaceae, native to east Africa, Madagascar, India and Sri Lanka. The best known species is Filicium decipiens, which is planted as an ornamental tree.{{cite book |last1=Wiersema |first1= JH |last2=León |first2=B |date=7 January 2013|title=World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference, Second Edition |page=306 |publisher= Taylor & Francis |isbn=9781439821428 }}