The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Sapindus delavayi, a species endemic to China.

Sapindus delavayi, widely distributed in central to southwest of China, is an economically important forest tree. The chloroplast genome is 159,861 bp in length with a typical circular quadripartite structure, containing 129 genes (84 protein-coding genes, 37 tRNAs, and eight rRNAs). Our phylogenetic result clearly showed that S. delavayi and S. mukorossi have the closest relationship.