Muehlenbeckia platyclada

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Read about Muehlenbeckia platyclada in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Muehlenbeckia platyclada, Meissn. (Coccoloba platyclada, F. Muell.). A very interesting, erect, shrubby plant with broad, flat, ribbon-like, glossy, delicately striate branches replacing the lvs., which are scanty or entirely wanting: lvs. membranous, oblong-lanceolate, sometimes hastate: bracts and stipules very short: fls. white, in few-fld. clusters: achenes included in the fleshy perianth, which at maturity is bright red or at length deep purple and quite showy. Solomon Isls. B.M. 5382.— Frequently grown in greenhouses because of the odd flat sts. and showy fr. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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