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Pothos chinensis

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

(Rafinesque) Merrill

Common Names

• Shi gan zi (Pin yin)
• Kho Kio Yan (Surin)
• Tong Ngum
• Cak Khep Tun Wa
• Wai Takhep (Chiang Mai)
• Wai Tamoi (Nakhon Ratchasima)
• Ta Khap Khio (Loei)
• Phlu Chang (Peninsular)
• Hmab Ntsua Nees (Hmong dialect man)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• SE. Xizang
• Yunnan - China
• Assam
• Sikkim - India
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Laos
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• streamside & wet areas in mixed forest
• montane areas
• primary forest

Flowering Times

• All year (China) Aug-Sep (Thailand)

Fruiting Times

• All year (China)

Perennial evergreen hemi-epiphytic root-climbing liana or herb to 15m with quadrangular stems. Mucronate leathery leaves to 210mm x 250mm. Axillary solitary inflorescence to 50mm long, 20mm x 1.25mm yellow-green spadix subtended by several bracts, 25mm long greenish-white to green spathe sometimes tinged purple, flowers 2mm diameter. Infructescene with 1-5 berries, a yellow-green to scarlet-red berry to 1.8 x 1.4mm.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• FOC
• net
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• Bown
• Kew
• Academia