Pothos scandens

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Araceae
Pothos scandens
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Pothos scandens
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Pothos scandens
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Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Asia, China,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A creeper. It can be 6 m long. The stems are weakly 4 angled. The leaves are oval to sword shaped and 2-10 cm long by 3-14 cm wide. The base is rounded.

Wikipedia

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Pothos scandens is a climbing tropical forest plant in the calla lily family Araceae. It is the type species of the genus Pothos. No subspecies are recorded in the Catalogue of Life. Its leaves are like those of the makrut lime Citrus hystrix, with the petiole expanded into a cladode with a single terminal leaflet The distribution of P. scandens is: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Comoros, India (including Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara, Sumatera), Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah), Myanmar, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. In Vietnamese it is called tràng phao dây or ráy leo.

Names & Synonyms
Batis hermaphrodita BlancoPothos fallax Schottand several others
References (1)
  • World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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