What is "homalocladium"

Homalocladium platycladum (centipede plant, tapeworm plant or ribbonbush) is a plant in the knotweed family from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. It is the sole species in the genus Homalocladium.

This plant had been naturalized also in other tropical regions, as Puerto Rico, India, Bolivia, Madagascar, Nicaragua and Pakistan It is also known by the name Muehlenbeckia platyclada.