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Epipremnum pinnatum
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Epipremnum pinnatum

Epipremnum pinnatum

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Climber
Growth—

Often grown as an ornamental, the plant has escaped from cultivation and has invaded native habitats in many areas[1]. In Singapore this species is referred to by the Chinese inhabitants as Long Wei Cao, literally Dragon Tail Plant[2]. The lower flowers in the spadix are female, the rest are bisexual[3].

Propagation

Seed - Cuttings Air layering Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Epipremnum+pinnatum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk — http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html ↩︎A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands.
  2. [2]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
  3. [3]Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea — World Health Organisation · 2009 · ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 ↩︎Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants.
  4. [4]Philippine Medicinal Plants — http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html ↩︎A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant.