Rhaphidophora decursiva (Roxb.) Schott is a very rarely offered for sale aroid, which presents beautiful palm-like foliage at all stages of maturity. These plants, when mature, grow as very large, robust lianas, to 20m or more. Leaves afre scattered, each foliage leaf separated from next by several cataphyll-bearing nodes. Petioles are green, cylindric, shallowly canaliculate. Juvenile leaf blades are orbicular, mature leaf blades are pale green abaxially, green adaxially, oblong-ovate, ovate in outline.
Genus name comes from greek rhaphis, rhaphidos (needle) and pher6 (I bear); refers to the macroscopic (to 1 cm long), needle-like unicellular trichosclereids present in tissues.
Rhaphidophora decursiva
Name: Rhaphidophora decursiva (Roxb.) Schott
Type: herbaceous evergreen
Form: scandent chamaephytes
Family: Araceae
Native Range: Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China
Zone: 11-13
Habitat: Subtropical and warm temperate mixed upper hill to lower montane broad-leaf forest. 350–1800 m asl.
Height: to 15m
Spread: 100-175cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeTaxon identifiers: Freebase ID : /m/065yc7f; PlantList-ID : kew-177736; Tropicos ID : 2103921; IPNI plant ID : 88471-1; NCBI taxonomy ID : 258281; Flora of China ID : 200027315; Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID : 5329707; Encyclopedia of Life ID : 113187;9 Catalogue of Life in Taiwan ID : 201162; WCSPF ID : 177736; Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88471-1; IRMNG ID : 10767498; iNaturalist taxon ID : 431536; Flowers of India ID : Creeping Philodendron; Microsoft Academic ID : 2780191336; CAB ID : 259809; World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000295939
Synonyms: = Monstera decursiva (Roxb.) Schott ≡ Monstera multijuga K.Koch = Monstera multijuga K.Koch ex Ender = Monstera multijuga infrasubsp. publ ≡ Pothos decursivus Roxb. = Raphidophora decursiva (Roxb.) A.Schott = Rhaphidophora affinis Schott = Rhaphidophora eximia Schott = Rhaphidophora grandis Schott = Rhaphidophora insignis Schott = Scindapsus decursivus (Roxb.) Schott