EPPO Global Database

Miconia crenata(CXAHI)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-07-16

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CXAHI
  • Preferred name: Miconia crenata
  • Authority: (Vahl) Michelangelo

Notes

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone). Cultivated as an ornamental, but invasive. Introduced in Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia, Madagascar


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Clidemia hirta (Linnaeus) Don
Melastoma hirta Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
hairy clidemia English
Koster's curse English (US)
soapbush English
camasey peludo Spanish (BO)
cirín Spanish (MX)
múcura Spanish
mullaca Spanish
nigua Spanish (BO)
pajar-mullaca Spanish (BO)
caiuia Portuguese