Still very rarely encountered in collections, Pothos scandens L. is a very unusually looking, root–climbing liane. Its leaf blades are trifoliolate leaflets are elliptic or obovate.
Pothos scandens
All Pothos scandens plants we sell are approx. 15–20 cm long and come in 8 cm pots.
- Name: Pothos scandens L.
Type: herbaceous evergreen
form: liane
Family: Araceae
Native Range: W. Indian Ocean, Trop. and Subtrop. Asia
Zone: 12-13
Habitat: On trees and rocks in primary and secondary wet to dry lowland to hill evergreen tropical to subtropical forest, occasionally on sea cliffs, on a variety of substrates including clay, limestone or granite. 0–2100 m asl.
Height: to 200 cm
Spread: to 50 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi Shade Taxon identifiers: Plant List-ID : kew-163823 Tropicos ID : 2103793 IPNI plant ID : 88366-1 NCBI taxonomy ID : 174213 Flora of China ID : 200027309 GBIF taxon ID : 5330394 Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1132818 African Plant Database ID : 216119 EPPO Code : POOSC iNaturalist taxon ID : 473750 TAXREF ID : 807483 WCSPF ID : 163823 Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88366-1 IRMNG ID : 10736440 Flowers of India ID : Climbing Aroid CAB ID : 251249 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000281440 edition humboldt digital Flora ID : Pothos scandens Google Knowledge Graph ID : /g/155q9r9b Open Tree of Life ID : 247710 Synonyms: = Batis hermaphrodita Blanco = Podospadix angustifolia Raf. = Pothos angustifolius (Raf.) C.Presl ≡ Pothos angustifolius Reinw. = Pothos angustifolius Reinw. ex Miq. = Pothos chapelieri Schott ≡ Pothos cognatus Schott = Pothos decipiens Schott = Pothos exiguiflorus Schott = Pothos fallax Schott = Pothos hermaphroditus (Blanco) Merr. = Pothos horsfieldii Miq. = Pothos leptospadix DeVriese = Pothos leptospadix de Vriese = Pothos longifolius C.Presl = Pothos microphyllus C.Presl = Pothos scandens f. angustior Engl. = Pothos scandens var. cognatus (Schott) Engl. = Pothos scandens var. helferianus Engl. = Pothos scandens var. sumatranus DeVriese = Pothos scandens var. sumatranus de Vriese = Pothos scandens var. zeylanicus DeVriese = Pothos scandens var. zeylanicus de Vriese = Pothos scandens var. zollingerianus (Schott) Engl. = Pothos zollingeri Engl. = Pothos zollingeri Schott = Pothos zollingerianus Schott = Tapanava indica Raf. = Tapanava rheedei Hassk.
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