Pothos scandens

Pothos scandens^[1] is a climbing tropical forest plant in the calla lily family Araceae.^[2][3] It is the type species of the genus Pothos. No subspecies are recorded in the Catalogue of Life.^[2] Its leaves are like those of the makrut lime Citrus hystrix, with the petiole expanded into a cladode with a single terminal leaflet^[4]

Pothos scandens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Pothoideae
Tribe:	Potheae
Genus:	Pothos
Species:	P. scandens
Binomial name
Pothos scandens Linnaeus
Synonyms
Tapanava rheedei Hassk. Tapanava indica Raf. Pothos zollingerianus Schott Pothos zollingeri Engl. Pothos scandens var. zollingerianus Pothos scandens var. zeylanicus Pothos scandens var. sumatranus Pothos scandens var. helferianus Pothos scandens var. cognatus Pothos scandens f. angustior Pothos microphyllus C.Presl Pothos longifolius C.Presl Pothos leptospadix de Vriese Pothos horsfieldii Miq. Pothos hermaphroditus (Blanco) Merr. Pothos fallax Schott Pothos exiguiflorus Schott Pothos decipiens Schott Pothos cognatus Schott Pothos chapelieri Schott Pothos angustifolius Reinw. ex Miq. Pothos angustifolius (Raf.) C.Presl Podospadix angustifolia Raf. Batis hermaphrodita Blanco

The distribution of P. scandens is: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Comoros, India (including Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara, Sumatera), Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah), Myanmar, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. In Vietnamese it is called tràng phao dây or ráy leo.

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