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| color = lightgreen | name = Mexican Buckeye | image = Ungnadia speciosa flowers.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Mexican Buckeye flowers | regnum = Plant ae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Sapindales | familia = Sapindaceae | genus = ''Ungnadia'' | species = ''U. speciosa'' | binomial = ''Ungnadia speciosa'' | binomial_authority = Endl. }} The Mexican Buckeye ''Ungnadia speciosa'' is a Shrub or small Tree native to northeastern Mexico and adjacent western Texas and southern New Mexico in the USA . It is the only species in the genus ''Ungnadia''. It differs from the buckeyes in the related genus '' Aesculus '' in having alternate, pinnate Leaves with 5-7 leaflets, but the Flower s and Nuts are similar. Another similar related genus is the Soapberry ''Sapindus''. |