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.
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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. & 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 ShadeTaxon 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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