Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

ID: 2086

Genus ja:

Genus en:

# spp.: N/A (from genus_families table) | 0 (from names table)

Accepted: Accepted

Family: Polygonaceae

Family ja: タデ

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Distribution en:

Description en: Genus of 20 species of dioecious, deciduous and evergreen shrubs (some-times mat-forming with runners) and twining, woody climbers, from rocky areas and woodland in New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. They are cultivated for their intricate habit, their minute, alternate, linear to rounded leaves (absent in some species), and their tiny, cup-shaped, sweet-scented flowers, produced singly or in pairs, in axillary clusters or spikes, or in terminal or axillary racemes or panicles. The shrubs are suitable for a border, the climbing species for clothing an arch, pergola, or trellis. M. complexa is also useful as ground cover. In frost-prone climates, grow tender species in containers in a temperate greenhouse.

Hardiness en: Frost hardy to frost tender.

Cultivation en:

Propagation en: Sow seed at 19-24°C (66-75°F) as soon as ripe. Root semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in summer.

Pests en: Trouble free.

Description ja:

Comment: New gunea, Australia, NZ, S America

Comment ja: ワイヤープランツ(?)，カンキチク

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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-03-03 21:58