Greek homalos—flat, klados—branch.
See description for Homalocladium platycladum.
1 species from the Solomon Isles.
Source: (1997). Polygonaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
