竹节蓼属（学名：Homalocladium）是蓼科下的一个属，为直立灌木植物。该属仅有竹节蓼（Homalocladium platycladum）一种，原产于所罗门群岛。

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.