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Clidemia

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Clidemia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. It contains about 450 species, the best known being C. hirta (soapbush, or Koster's curse). The generic name honours Ancient Greek author Cleidemus.^[1]

Clidemia rubra

Clidemia capitellata

^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. I A-C. CRC Press. p. 562. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.

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Clidemia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. It contains about 450 species, the best known being C. hirta (soapbush, or Koster's curse). The generic name honours Ancient Greek author Cleidemus.