Pothos scandens
A widespread climbing aroid of tropical Asian and Malagasy forests, ranging from Madagascar to the Himalaya, Southeast Asia and New Guinea. It climbs by roots, and each small leaf sits on a broad winged stalk, which makes it look like a string of lime leaves. It grows best warm, humid and in filtered light, with a support to climb.
Where it grows wild
Climbs tree trunks and rocks in lowland to lower-montane evergreen and semi-deciduous tropical forest, often along forest edges and in secondary growth.
Recorded from sea level to about 2,150 m, median around 380 m.
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