Medinilla waterhousei, commonly known as tagimaucia or tagimoucia ([ˈtaŋimouðia], tahng-ee-mow-theea), is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae which is endemic to the highland rainforest of the Fijian island of Taveuni.

It is a liana bearing crimson and white flowers in 30 cm-long hanging clusters.

[1][2] The flower is now represented on the Fiji $50 note replacing the queen.

A local romantic legend attached to the flower has it representing the tears of a young girl forbidden by her father to marry the boy of her dreams so as she wept her tears became the flower[3] hence from the phrase tagi me uci ‘ea ("cry to be like her").

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