Clidemia — 9 species
Botanical species in the genus Clidemia recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Clidemia hirta
Clidemia hirta
Family: Melastomataceae
Cultivation
A plant of the moist tropics, it grows in areas that are usually characterized by very high humidity for most of the year with a dry period of about two to three months. In Hawaii it can be found from sea level to around 900 metres, it has become widespread in areas that receive more than 12,700mm of rain annually, though it can also be found in areas of annual rainfall in excess of 760mm with no dry season. Succeeds in deep shade as well as in open, sunny areas.
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Clidemia setosa
Clidemia setosa
Family: Melastomataceae
Cultivation
The plant has a pair of bulb-like formicaria at the base of the leaf blades. These "formicaria," so far as we know, are not inhabited by ants, but they look as if they should be, and similar organs in other South American plants of this family are occupied by ants that bite severely.
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