Igama elithi "Rhexia" liyibizo elibhekisela ohlotsheni lwezitshalo emndenini we-Melastomataceae, ngokuvamile otholakala ezindaweni ezifudumele zaseNyakatho naseNingizimu Melika. Lezi zitshalo zaziwa ngezimbali zazo ezikhanyayo, ezibukwayo futhi zivame ukumila ezindaweni ezimanzi, ezinamaxhaphozi. Igama elithi “Rhexia” lisuselwa egameni lesiGreki elithi “rhexis,” elisho “ukuqhekeka,” mhlawumbe libhekisela ekwehlukaneni kwembali yembali.