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Clidemia hirta ''Miconia crenata'' (syn. ''Clidemia hirta''), commonly called soapbush, clidemia or Koster's curse, is a perennial shrub. It is an invasive plant species in many tropical regions of the world, causing serious damage. Description ''Miconia cren ...

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Neotropics The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeog ...

, also found in Australia, Southern Asia and East Africa. * '' Noltea africana'', native to

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Acacia holosericea ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Australa ...

'' (''soapbush wattle''), native to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

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Trymalium odoratissimum ''Trymalium odoratissimum'' is a plant species found in Southwest Australia. Taxonomy This description was published in 1838 by John Lindley in '' Edwards Botanical Register'', who notes that Robert Mangles, of the colony's Mangles family, p ...

'' (''karri hazel''), native to

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

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Guaiacum angustifolium ''Guaiacum angustifolium'' is a species of flowering plant in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Common names include Texas guaiacum, Texas lignum-vitae, soapbush and huayacán. It is native to southern and western Texas in the United States and ...

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Ceanothus integerrimus ''Ceanothus integerrimus'', known by the common name deer brush, is a species of woody shrub in the family Rhamnaceae, native to the western United States in Arizona, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Washington. It grows in montane chaparral ...

'' (more commonly known as ''deer bush''), native to

. * '' Rhigozum trichotomum'' (''Khalahari soapbush''), native to

. * '' Helinus integrifolius'' (also known as ''soap plant'' or ''soap creeper''), native to

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