Homalocladium platycladum (F.Muell.) L.H.Bailey

 
  • Family : POLYGONACEAE
    (Buckwheat Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : JANGLI PALAK FAMILY (जंगली पालक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Polygonaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F.J. Müll.) Meisn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F.Muell.) Meisn.
  • Common name : Ribbon bush, Centipede bush, Tapeworm Plant
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments / notes : Grown as garden plant
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Pacific Islands
  • World Distribution : Solomon Islands, cultivated elsewhere
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Homalocladium platycladum. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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India Distribution

World Distribution

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