A very rarely offered for sale, very elegant aroid, Scindapsus officinalis Schott is an evergreen herb. Subterranean stem a rhizome, light brown outside, purplish brown inside. Petiole is green and brown mottled; leaf blade trifoliolate; leaflets elliptic-ovate, margins entire and sometimes undulate, plain glossy green, sometimes marked with creamy blotches and veins above, underside glaucous green.
Genus name from scientific Latin Scindapsus, from ancient Greek σκινδαψός, name of a plant resembling ivy.
Scindapsus officinalis
Name: Scindapsus officinalis Schott
Type: herbaceous evergreen
Form: scandent chamaephytes
Family: Araceae
Native Range: Indian Subcontinent to Indo-China
Zone: 12-13
Habitat: Dry deciduous, dry evergreen and dry mixed lowland to hill forest, on granite, sandstone & limestone. ca 600 m asl.
Height: to 150cm
Spread: 50cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Medium
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi ShadeTaxon identifiers: PlantList-ID : kew-188567; Tropicos ID : 2104279; IPNI plant ID : 88899-1; Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID : 2873716; WCSPF ID : 188567; Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88899-1; IRMNG ID : 10696603; iNaturalist taxon ID : 737899; Encyclopedia of Life ID : 1130852; CAB ID : 265745 ; World Flora Online ID : wfo-0000307271; UNII : 58T5K4BPBA
Synonyms: = Monstera officinalis (Roxb.) Schott = Pothos officinalis Roxb. = Scindapsus annamicus Gagnep.