Nurul Hidayatul Khoir

Roy Rangga
Amira Khairunnisa
THE HISTORY OF LERAK
Lerak / Rerak / Rerek / Klerek /
Werek / lemuran / soapnut /
soapberry
• Saponin A, • serotonin,
• saponin C, • zymosan,
• sapindosid A, • tipe II cyanolipids,
• sapindosid B, • asam lemak,
• emarginatoside-B, • asam oleat,
• emarginatoside-C, • asam arachidic,
• asam 11-iecosenoic,
• karagenan,
• asam cisvaccenic,
• histamin,
• asam 13-eicosenoic.
1. 1.5 liters (6 cups)
15 whole Lerek
process
EXCEPT LERAK SHAMPO FROM ORDINARY SHAMPO
1. SAVE FOR ENVIRONMENT.

2. GIVE YOU HEALTY HAIR SKIN.

3. NOT POISONOUS FOR YOUR BODY.

Soap from klerek
By group 10
How To Make Soap Nut Liquid

• Extract By Soaking
• Get a 1.5 litre bottle, add in 15 whole Soap Nuts and fill the bottle
with water and let it soak overnight or for about 8 hours.
• Remove the Soap Nuts and store the Soap Nut Liquid in the bottle for
use. It can keep up to 1 week.
• You can air-dry the Soap Nuts and add them to the next batch if you
wish.
• Extract By Boiling
• Add 1.5 litres (6 cups) of water into a pot.
• Add in 15 whole Soap Nuts.
• Turn to high heat and bring it to a boil.
• Once the water is boiling, turn down to low heat and let it simmer for another
30mins. Stir occasionally.
• Remove from the heat and allow the liquid to cool. You will get about 1 litre (3-4
cups) of Soap Nut Liquid.
• Strain away the Soap Nuts and store Soap Nut Liquid in a bottle for use. It can
keep up to a week.
• Soap Nuts can be added to your compost.
• aff. Sapindus rarak DC. Sapindaceae. CN: [Malay and regional
vernacular names - Lerak, Rerak, Rerek, Klerek, Werek, Buah sabun,
Buah lemuran], Soapberry, Soapnut. Distribution - India (Assam),
Southern China, Indo-China and Taiwan to Malay Peninsula (Malaysia),
Indonesia (Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Madura, Lombok, Sumbawa). Tree
up to ca. 42 m height, diameter of 1 m; leaf compound, large, up to ca.
50 cm long. Wood hard, but not durable. Fruits and seeds used as
buttons and beads. Fruits also used for general cleaning, and
commonly for cleaning delicate fabric in batik industry, and polishing
tarnished silver and gold jewelry.
• Synonym(s):
• The whole nut/shell, which is good for laundry.
• Liquid, which you can learn how to make in this post. It’s this form that’s
handiest for most soap nut uses.
• Paste, which is basically running the boiled soap nuts through a food
processor. This is good for shaving cream and heavy-duty cleaning jobs.
• Powder, which you can buy in powder form, or make yourself by grinding
the shells VERY finely (in a coffee or spice grinder – the good news is, it
cleans out really easily). This is good for laundry or adding to a homemade
dishwasher detergent, which I’ll talk more about right now.
Contains:
• Saponin A,
• serotonin,
• saponin C, • zymosan,
• sapindosid A, • tipe II cyanolipids,
• sapindosid B, • asam lemak,
• emarginatoside-B, • asam oleat,
• asam arachidic,
• emarginatoside-C,
• asam 11-iecosenoic,
• karagenan, • asam cisvaccenic,
• histamin, • asam 13-eicosenoic.
 THE STORY OF LERAK

erak (Sapindus rarak), is a tree whose fruit is used for soap (soapberry, soapnut).
Lerak fruit, so far exploited people to wash batik cloth.
In the past, before there was soap and shampoo, lerak fruit
was a commodity for washing clothes, bathing, and shampooing.
In addition to lerak, the community also often shampoo with soaking
water ash panai rice (londho merang).
After soap, detergent, and shampoo is mass produced,
lerak is only used for washing batik cloth, so the cloth is durable,
the batik does not wear off, and the color remains brilliant.
 EXCEPT LERAK SHAMPO
FROM ORDINARY
SHAMPO
Which will also cause lerak products back in demand is,
the public also increasingly health conscious.
Detergent cleaning, shampoo, and modern bath soap, loaded with chemicals.
Lerak is used directly, very natural and free of any chemicals.
Until the use of lerak as a bath soap or shampoo is clearly healthier.
The use of lerak is also very efficient. Two grains of lerak seeds, enough to take a bath and shampoo clean.
Although traditional societies prefer to wash it with ash water.
The rice strands were burnt, the ashes soaked in water, precipitated,
and the clear water was taken, to shampoo