Polygonaceae
Ribbonbush
Muehlenbeckia platyclada
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Muehlenbeckia
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Common names
By language (11)
- Chinese
- 竹節蓼, 竹节蓼
- Dutch
- Homalocladium
- English
- Ribbonbush
- Finnish
- Nauhapensas
- Indonesian
- Daun jakang, Jakang
- Japanese
- カンキチク
- Malayalam
- പഴുതാരച്ചെടി
- Portuguese
- Homalocladium
- szy
- Nipaluma-sipil
- Thai
- ว่านตะขาบ
- Vietnamese
- Trúc tiết liệu
Synonyms
- Calacinum platycladum (F.Muell.) J.F.Macbr.
- Homalocladium platycladum (F.Muell.) L.H.Bailey
- Muehlenbeckia platyclados (F.Muell.) Meisn.
- Polygonum platycladum F.Muell.
- Sarcogonum platycladum (F.Muell.) Voss
Photos

Photo: Peter Halasz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.