- Family : ARACEAE
(Arum Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : OAL FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Araceae
- Synonym(s) : Pothos balansae Engl.; Pothos cathcartii Schott; Pothos chinensis var. lotienensis C.Y.Wu & H.Li; Pothos seemannii Schott; Pothos warburgii Engl.; Pothos yunnanensis Engl.; Tapanava chinensis Raf.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Pothos chinensis (Raf.) Merr.
- Habit : Liana
- Habitat : Dense forests, moist mountain valleys, climbing on trees or creeping over rocks; below 2400 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Shruby climbers with aerial roots; Leaves usually oblong with winged oblanceolate petioles; Spathes broadly ovate; Spadix ellisoid or obovoid, creamy-yellow; Berries oblong, scarlet.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collection Nos : PRF 1705
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri, Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 245
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 236-237
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Pothos chinensis. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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