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Soapbush

Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don

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Clidemia hirta (Soapbush) is a species of shrub in the family melastomes. They are native to Bahia, Puerto Rico, Pará, Paraná, Sergipe, ParaíBa, Maranhao, Amazônia, Mata Atlântica, The Contiguous United States, Santa Catarina, Acre (Brazil), GoiáS, Cerrado, Rio De Janeiro, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Mato Grosso, SãO Paulo, Piauí, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Distrito Federal, Espirito Santo, Rio Grande Do Sul, Roraima, Tocantins, Caatinga, U.S. Virgin Islands, RondôNia, Alagoas, Amapá, and Pernambuco. Flowers are visited by Halictonomia clidemiae.

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EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of soapbush. View this species on GBIF