About 120, see text Scaevola (/ˈsiːvələ, ˈsɛv-/; SE(E)V-ə-lə) is a genus of flowering plants in the Goodenia family, Goodeniaceae.

In at least six separate dispersals, about 40 species have spread throughout the Pacific Basin, with a few reaching the tropical coasts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Beachberry or Inkberry (Scaevola plumieri) is widespread along the Atlantic coast of the tropical Americas and Africa; however, it is becoming rarer in areas where S. taccada is displacing native coastal plants.

By contrast, nearly all species outside Australia have shrub habits with fleshy fruit making dispersal by frugivores easy.

[11] It is considered to allude to the one-sided shape of the flower, which has a five-lobed tubular corolla; scaevus in Latin means 'left-handed'.