Pothos scandensL.

WFO wfo-0000281440 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Pothos scandens, photographed by Augustin Soulard
fig. a Augustin Soulard, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-15 / obs. 179624093
Pothos scandens, photographed by Christopher
fig. b Christopher, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 77618231
Pothos scandens, photographed by renjus box
fig. c renjus box, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 73035890
Pothos scandens, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41568006
Pothos scandens, photographed by Justine Faure
fig. e Justine Faure, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189390242
Pothos scandens, photographed by Shawn O'Donnell
fig. f Shawn O'Donnell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 13597835
Pothos scandens, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. g Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 65983225
Pothos scandens, photographed by S.MORE
fig. h S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 103120295

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Native range 27 botanical countries

Regions where Pothos scandens is native: Comoros, Madagascar, Seychelles, China South-Central, Tibet, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya MadagascarChina South-CentralTibetAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamWest Himalaya ComorosSeychellesAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.
Native distribution of Pothos scandens, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
Comoros COM AFRICA
Madagascar MDG
Seychelles SEY
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Tibet CHT

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Batis hermaphrodita Blanco
  • Podospadix angustifolia Raf.
  • Pothos angustifolius (Raf.) C.Presl
  • 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 de Vriese
  • Pothos longifolius C.Presl
  • Pothos microphyllus C.Presl
  • Pothos scandens f. angustior Engl.
  • Pothos scandens var. sumatranus de Vriese
  • 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 rheedi Hassk.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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