Description Dodonaea Viscosa Dodonaea has been called the most popular cultivar of the Dodonaea genus. Seedlings can vary a lot in color, and purple-leafed varieties will turn green in full shade. It has a wide tolerance for different soils, winds and heat and when established will be drought-resistant. Dodonaea viscosa is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae that has a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical subtropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, Americas, southern Asia and Australasia.
