Tapeworm Plant
Muehlenbeckia platyclada
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh & more
How to identify Tapeworm Plant
Identify Tapeworm Plant by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flattened ribbon-like green stems with reduced leaves (tapeworm plant).
- Confirm leaf shape: Sagittate.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Polygonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tapeworm Plant.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Muehlenbeckia platyclada
- Genus
- Muehlenbeckia
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Found in India
- Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- SagittaterecordedArrowhead-shaped, with pointed backward-facing lobes at the base.“Evergreen shrub with flattened, jointed, green stems and arrow-shaped leaves.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tapeworm Plant itself; the rest are typical of the Polygonaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Achene
Typical of the Polygonaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Tapeworm Plant
Tapeworm plant (Muehlenbeckia platyclada) belongs to the Polygonaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and 1 other states.
Polygonaceae
Buckwheat/Knotweed family
Tapeworm Plant belongs to the Polygonaceae family.
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