Rubiaceae
Scarletbush
Hamelia patens
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Hamelia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Cantonese
- 希美麗
- Chinese
- 希美莉, 希茉莉, 长隔木
- English
- Scarletbush
- Guarani
- Ponasi
- Haitian Creole
- Koray
- Japanese
- ハメリア・パテンス
- Lithuanian
- Paprastasis sartūklas, Krūmas hamelia
- Malayalam
- വിടരാപ്പൂവ്
- Thai
- ประทัดไต้หวัน, ประทัดฟิลิปปินส์
Synonyms
- Duhamelia odorata Willd. ex Schult.
- Duhamelia patens (Jacq.) Pers.
- Duhamelia sphaerocarpa (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
- Hamelia brachystemon Wernham
- Hamelia brittoniana Wernham
- Hamelia coccinea Sw.
- Hamelia corymbosa Sessé & Moc.
- Hamelia erecta Jacq.
- Hamelia intermedia Urb. & Ekman
- Hamelia lanuginosa M.Martens & Galeotti
- Hamelia latifolia Rchb. ex DC.
- Hamelia nodosa M.Martens & Galeotti
- Hamelia ovata Wernham
- Hamelia patens var. axillaroides Wernham
- Hamelia patens var. erecta (Jacq.) DC.
- Hamelia patens var. glabra Oerst.
- Hamelia patens var. patens
- Hamelia patens var. quinifolia DC.
- Hamelia pedicellata Wernham
- Hamelia sphaerocarpa Ruiz & Pav.
- Hamelia suaveolens Kunth
- Hamelia tubiflora Wernham
- Hamelia verticillata Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
- Hamelia viridifolia Wernham
- Schoenleinia thyrsoidea Miers
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.