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Muehlenbeckia platyclada

Botanic Family

Polygonaceae

Author

(F. Mueller) Meissner

Common Names

• Centipede Plant
• Falsa Panatela
• Panatela
• Panatelo-otro
• Panatela Panamá
• Ribbon Bush
• Solitaria
• Tapeworm Plant
• Muelán (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Solomon Islands

Natural Habitats

• Tropical forest
• grassland

Flowering Times

• Spring

Fruiting Times

Erect shrub or scrambling hemi-epiphytic deciduous climber to 4m with leaves to 40mm long. Bracteate clusters of whitish-green & pink flowers 2mm long with red calyx, fruit a small 3-sided red to black achene 3mm long.

Further References

• RHS A-Z
• Mobot
• Llamas 2003
• RSNRV
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FONG
• SAFIO
• Mendoza