Taxon: Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

HI(var. hirta)*°.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• curse   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• Koster's-curse   (Source: F Hawaii ) – English
  
• soapbush   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• canot-macaque   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• caiuia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• camasey   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide F Guat; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Mexico
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua; Panama
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru
  Southern South America: Paraguay

• naturalized in paleotropics

• also cultivated

References:

• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
• Wagner, W. L. et al. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Clidemia hirta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Clidemia hirta.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Clidemia hirta.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Melastoma hirtum L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Clidemia hirta (L.) D. Don:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Disseminule drawings: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing: U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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