Mazhar Botanic Garden

Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F.Muell.) Meisn.

Centipede plant Tapeworm plant Ribbon bush

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000355
English name: Centipede plant, Tapeworm plant, Ribbon bush
Arabic name: مهلنبيكيا
Native: New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Country: Guinea New Guinea
(PGR): Very rare

Evergreen shrub grow 60-80 cm tall leaves occurs on new growth, but later falls off, leaving the mature stem bare Leaves are sometimes lobed at the base and have smooth edges flowers  tiny, white to light pink in small clusters at the stem nodes Fruit fleshy , red or purplish, berry- like

Ornamental plant. This shrub has both spreading and climbing tendencies.

Homalocladium platycladum (FMuell) LHBailey

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Late spring and summer
Zone: 9
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber Shrub
Plant Uses: Ornamental
Vegetation types: Evergreen

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