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Climbing aroid (Pothos scandens)

Dlium Climbing aroid (Pothos scandens)

Climbing aroid (Pothos scandens) is a species of plant in the Araceae, herbaceous, climbs trees or rocks or cliffs, has cylindrical stems, is green, leaves sit alternately, is elongated, flat, has two parts with a joint in the middle, the tip and base are sharp, margins are flat and close to the host.

P. scandens grows in moist and shady places, is drought tolerant, elevation of about 700 meters, climbs large trees tens of meters high, forms colonies and covers the surface.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Pothoideae
Tribe: Potheae
Genus: Pothos L. in Sp. Pl.: 968 (1753)
Species: Pothos scandens L. in Sp. Pl.: 968 (1753)
Variety: Pothos scandens var. cognatus (Schott) Engl. Pothos scandens var. helferianus Engl. Pothos scandens var. scandens

PUBLICATIONS

Ara, H. (2001). An Annotated Checklist of Aroids of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy 8(2): 19-34.

Barthelat, F. (2019). La flore illustrée de Mayotte: 1-687. Biotope éditions.

Bhattacharya, R.P., Pal, D.C. & Pati, B.R. (2014). A sytematic census of monocot climbers of Bihar anf Jharkhand states. Indian Journal of Forestry 37: 317-324.

Boyce, P.C. (2009). A review of Pothos L. (Araceae: Pothoideae: Pothoeae) for Thailand. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 37: 15-26.

Boyce, P.C., Sookchaloem, D., Hetterscheid, W.L.A., Gusman, G., Jacobsen, N., Idei, T. & Nguyen, V.D. (2012). Flora of Thailand 11(2): 101-325. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok.

Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Araceae (and Acoraceae): 1-560. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kurniawan, A., Adjie, B. & Boyce, P.C. (2011). Studies on the Araceae of Sulawesi I: New taxa of Schismatoglottis and Homalomena, and a preliminary checklist and keys for Sulawesi. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 61: 40-50.

Mansor, M., Boyce, P.C., Othman, A.S. & Sulaiman, B. (2012). The Araceae of peninsular Malaysia: 1-146. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Nguyễn Văn Du (2017). Thực Vật Chí Việt Nam. Flora of Vietnam 16: 1-458. Nhà xuất bản khoa học và kỹ thuật, Hà Nội.

Pandey, R.P. & Dilwakar, P.G. (2008). An integrated check-list flora of Andaman and Nicobar islands, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 32: 403-500.

Sasikala, K., Vajravelu, E. & Daniel, P. (2019). Fascicles of Flora of India 29: 1-357. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.

Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.

Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2010). Flora of China 23: 1-515. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

VERNACULAR NAME

Adi: Loma Loset, Loma Losil
Ambon: Tapanawa kecil
Assamese: Korsholi, Sela Kosu, Sela Lata
Bengali: অ্যারয়েডে আরোহণ - বাতি লতা - হাতি লতা Ayāraẏēḍē ārōhaṇa, Bati Lata, Hati Lata
Chinese (Simplified): 螳螂跌打 -攀缘天南星
Chinese (Traditional): 硬骨散 -攀緣天南星
English: Climbing Aroid
Filipino: Apis, Hipan, Oro-ola
Garo: Jakritsu-Borun, Mongmafudu
Hindi: चढ़ाई एरोइड - लैंप बेल Chadhaee eroid, Laimp bel
Indonesian: Tapak panjat
Java: Klabangan
Kanikkaran: Paaraiyottan
Kannada: Adkebeelu Balli, Agachoppu, Akkiballi
Konkani: Bemdarli
Lao: ປີນພູ - ຊາ-ເຄບ - ມານົກຮອນ
Malayalam: Aanapparuva, Parivalli, Paruvakodi, Paruval
Malaysia: Seginting, Juloh-juloh
Marathi: Bendarli
Mizo: Lai-King-Tai-Rua, Leh-Pong
Myanmar: အရွိုက်တက်ခြင်း - ဝိုင်မိုင်
Nepali: आरोहण एरोइड - बत्तीको बोट Ārōhaṇa ērō'iḍa, Battīkō bōṭa Rabha: Hutilewa, Kakal Singa
Sinhala: කඳු නැගීමේ ඇරොයිඩ් - ලාම්පු මිදි වැල Kan̆du nægīmē æroyiḍ, Lāmpu midi væla
Tamil: ஏறும் அராய்டு - விளக்கு கொடி Ēṟum arāyṭu, Viḷakku koṭi
Thai: ตะเข็บ - หวายตะมอย
Tulu: Arkeda Booru
Vietnam: Cây ráy leo

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