Soapbush or soap bush can mean:
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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, creating serious damage.
Description
''Miconia cr ...
'', native to the
American 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 bi ...
, also found in Australia, Southern Asia and East Africa.
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Noltea africana'', native to
Southern Africa
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.
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Acacia holosericea
''Acacia holosericea'' is a shrub native to tropical and inland northern Australia. It is commonly known as soapbush wattle, soapbush, strap wattle, candelabra wattle, silver wattle and silky wattle.
Description
The shrub has a spreading habit ...
'' (''soapbush wattle''), native to
Australia.
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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, prov ...
'' (''karri hazel''), native to
Western Australia
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.
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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 ...
'', native to
North America.
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Ceanothus integerrimus''
(more commonly known as ''deer bush''), native to
North America.
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Rhigozum trichotomum'' (''Khalahari soapbush''), native to
Southern Africa
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.
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Helinus integrifolius
''Helinus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rhamnaceae. They are native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa and Asia, and may be trees, climbing shrubs or liana
A liana is a long- stemmed, woody vine that is rooted ...
'' (also known as ''soap plant'' or ''soap creeper''), native to
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number ...
.
See also
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Soapberry Soapberry is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* Plants in the genus ''Sapindus'', native to warm temperate to tropical regions in both the Old World and the New World. The berries of these plants contain a natural, low-sudsing de ...
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Alphitonia excelsa
''Alphitonia excelsa'', commonly known as the red ash or soap tree, is a species of tree in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to Australia, being found in New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory and the northeastern tip of Western Au ...
'', soap tree
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Soapweed (disambiguation)
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