Melastomataceae
Soapbush
Miconia crenata
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Miconia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 毛绢木, 毛野牡丹, 毛野牡丹藤
- English
- Soapbush, Siete cueros
- Finnish
- Lemmonklidemia
- Indonesian
- Senduduk Bulu
- Malay
- Senduduk Bulu
- Malayalam
- സോപ്പ് ബുഷ്
Synonyms
- Clidemia benthamiana Miq.
- Clidemia cognata Steud. ex Naudin
- Clidemia crenata DC.
- Clidemia elegans (Aubl.) D.Don
- Clidemia hirta (L.) D.Don
- Clidemia hirta var. chrysantha Cogn.
- Clidemia hirta var. tiliifolia (DC.) J.F.Macbr.
- Clidemia pauciflora DC.
- Clidemia tiliifolia DC.
- Dancera hirta (L.) Raf.
- Leandra fimbriata Raddi
- Maieta hirta (L.) Baill.
- Melastoma crenatum Vahl
- Melastoma elegans Aubl.
- Melastoma hirtum L.
- Melastoma pauciflorum Desr.
- Staphidium anceps Naudin
- Staphidium benthamianum Naudin
- Staphidium chrysanthum Naudin
- Staphidium elegans (Aubl.) Naudin
- Staphidium hostmannii Naudin
- Staphidium pauciflorum Naudin
- Staphidium pauciflorum var. calcaratum Naudin
- Staphidium pauciflorum var. stellulatum Naudin
- Staphidium tiliifolium (DC.) Naudin
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dreameryonmae, CC BY 4.0, 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). About our plant data.