Muehlenbeckia platyclados (F.Muell.) Meisn.
Family: Polygonaceae
Synonyms: Muehlenbeckia platyclada, Catacinum platycladum (F.Muell.) J.F.Macbr., Homalocladiumplatycladum (F.Muell.) L H Bailey, Polygonum platycladum F.Muell., Sarcogonum platycladum (F.Muell.) Voss
Common name: Tapeworm Plant, Ribbon bush, Centipede Plant
Chinese: 竹节蓼
Finnish: Nauhapensas
French: Muehlenbeckie à rameaux aplatis
An erect, c. 1 m tall shruby plant with broad, flat, thin, articulate, delicately striate, ribbon-like phylloclades. Leaves sessile, membranous, entire, often lobed at base, 1.5-6.5 cm long. Ochreae 1-2 mm long, ovate, obtuse. Flowers 1-6 in sessile clusters, bracteate, bracts ovate, c. 1 mm long. Perianth segments 5, greenish, oblong, 1-1.5 mm long. Stamens 8. Ovary ovoid, 3-angular c. 1 mm long; styles 3. Nuts enclosed in the fleshy deep red or purplish perianth.
This is a medical plant uses as a remedy for poisonous intake by animals. Homalocladium platycladum Syn: Muehlenbeckia platyclada Common: Tapeworm Plant, Ribbon bush, Centipede plant This plant from the Polygonaceae familly has ornamental flattened stems that look like ribbons or tapeworms. They will reach 3-4 feet in pots, but in nature they will reach up to 12 feet. They are short-lived, and some plants are even leafless. This plant has small green-white flowers that appear in group in spring.
6 Published articles of Muehlenbeckia platyclados / Muehlenbeckia platyclada
1.
Pharmacological Proprieties of the Ethanol Extract of Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F. Muell.) Meisn. Leaves
By: Fagundes, Leopoldina Leonor; Vieira, Glauciemar Del-Vechio; de Pinho, Jose de Jesus R. G.; et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES Volume: 11 Issue: 10 Pages: 3942-3953 Published: OCT 2010
2. Flavonol Glycosides from Muehlenbeckia platyclada and Their Anti-inflammatory Activity
Yen, Chiao-Ting; Hsieh, Pei-Wen; Hwang, Tsong-Long; et al.
CHEMICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL BULLETIN Volume: 57 Issue: 3 Pages: 280-282 Published: MAR 2009
3. HETEROPHYLLIC DEVELOPMENT IN MUEHLENBECKIA (POLYGONACEAE)
BRUCK, DK; KAPLAN, DR
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY Volume: 67 Issue: 3 Pages: 337-346 Published: 1980
4. A NEW PATHOGENIC SPECIES OF MICRODIPLODIA-PHYLLOCLADAE NEW-SPECIES FROM MUEHLENBECKIA-PLATYCLADOS
By: SHREEMALI J L
Indian Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Pages: 120-121 Published: 1973
5. A NEW SPECIES OF SPHAEROPSIS ON MUEHLENBECKIA PLATYCLADOS MEISSN
By: BILGRAMI, KS; SHREEMAL.JL
CURRENT SCIENCE Volume: 38 Issue: 9 Pages: 223-& Published: 1969
6. A new species of Phoma on the phylloclades of Muehlenbeckia platyclados
ANDON, R. N.; BILGRAMI, K. S.
PROC NATL ACAD SCI INDIA SECT B Volume: 30 Issue: (4) Pages: 331-333 Published: 1960
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