Nertera granadensis, also known as coral bead plant, pin-cushion plant, coral moss, or English baby tears, is a plant in the family Rubiaceae with orange berries, of the genus Nertera. Nertera granadensis with an unusually extensive transcontinental distribution surrounding the Pacific Ocean, occurring from southern Chile and western Argentina north to Guatemala, and in Hawaii, New Zealand, eastern Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Taiwan, possibly due to its cultivation as ground-cover. In tropical biomes of the western Pacific, Nertera granadensis only occurs at high altitudes. It does also occur on the Juan Fernández Islands. It is grown as an ornamental plant in gardens, and the name given to the plant in Mapudungun and Chilean Spanish is rucachucao. The name granadensis derives from New Granada, the old name of Colombia.

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