The very dramatic and beautiful Epipremnum giganteum Schott is a very large to gigantic root-climber to 60 m. Foliage leaves evenly distributed but lower leaves often falling and then leaves tending to become clustered distally. Petiole canaliculate, dark green to slightly glaucous, smooth, air-drying pale brown. Leaf lamina oblong-elliptic, slightly falcate, stiffly chartaceous to coriaceous, apex acute to slightly acuminate, base unequal-rounded, one side often produced into a rounded to truncate posterior lobe, glossy bright green, margins hyaline, prominently reddish to yellowish in exposed situations; overall venation densely striate.
The genus name Epipremnum is derived form the Greek terms 'epi' (upon) and 'premna' (tree stump), a reference to the epiphytic growth habit of plants form this genus.
Epipremnum giganteum
Epipremnum giganteum comes in a 12 cm pot and is ca. 40 cm tall
