Plant Details

Accepted name:: Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl. [Araceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aaanaiittippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
anaitippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anaittippili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceriman	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dragon tail	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
dragon tail plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
elittatiyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
epipremnum pinnatum whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
ganesh-kand	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gefleckte efeutute	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
guoshanlong	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)
guozianglong	Other	Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)
guī bèi yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ilattimaravalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
liāng dāng yā ē	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
lodo munding	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
long wei cao	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
ngot	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pa shu long	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
pothos vine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putayavu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
péng lái jiāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
qí lín wěi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shī zǐ wěi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
silver vine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sphotyabhujangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sulang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tabatib	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tampinbanal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
taro vine	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tonga leaves	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tongavine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
variegated-philodendron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
爬树龙	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
狮子尾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蓬莱蕉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
麒麟尾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙尾草	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
龟背芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
entire plant		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, stems		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
stem		Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 45 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Epipremnum merrillii Engl. & K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 23B: 137 (1908).
Pothos pinnatus L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1324 (1763).
Rhaphidophora laciniata (Burm.f.) Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 342 (1921).
Rhaphidophora merrillii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 115 (1905).
Rhaphidophora pinnata (L.) Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 45 (1857).
Epipremnum angustilobum K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 659 (1911).
Epipremnum crassifolium Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 12 (1898).
Epipremnum elegans Engl. Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 4: 269 (1879).
Epipremnum elegans f. ternatensis Alderw. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 4: 169 (1922).
Epipremnum formosanum Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 239 (1915).
Epipremnum glaucicephalum Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 10: 3620 (1938), without a Latin descr.
Epipremnum mirabile Schott Gen. Aroid.: t. 79 (1858).
Epipremnum mirabile f. eperforatum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 12 (1898).
Epipremnum mirabile f. multisectum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 12 (1898).
Epipremnum pinnatum f. multisectum (Engl.) Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23B: 63 (1908).
Epipremnum robinsonii K.Krause Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 5: 266 (1912).
Monstera caudata (Roxb.) Schott Wiener Z. Kunst 4: 1028 (1830).
Monstera dilacerata (K.Koch & Sello) K.Koch Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1855(App.): 5 (1855).
Monstera pinnata (L.) Schott Wiener Z. Kunst 4: 1028 (1830).
Philodendron dilaceratum Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 265 (1879).
Philodendron nechodomae Britton Bot. Porto Rico 6: 335 (1926).
Philodendron pinnatum (L.) André Pl. Feuill. Ornem.: 197 (1866).
Polypodium laciniatum Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 231 (1768).
Pothos caudatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 476 (1820).
Pothos decursivus Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 83 (1831), nom. illeg.
Pothos pinnatifidus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1: 476 (1820).
Rhaphidophora caudata (Roxb.) Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 382 (1860).
Rhaphidophora crassifolia (Engl.) Alderw. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 1: 382 (1920), nom. illeg.
Rhaphidophora cunninghamii Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 367 (1861).
Rhaphidophora dilacerata (K.Koch & Sello) K.Koch in E.von Regel, Gartenflora: 5 (1864).
Rhaphidophora formosana (Hayata) M.Hotta Mem. Fac. Sci. Kyoto Univ., Ser. Biol. 4: 83 (1970), nom. illeg.
Rhaphidophora lovellae F.M.Bailey Queensland Agric. J. 1: 453 (1897).
Rhaphidophora neocaledonica Guillaumin Bull. Soc. Bot. France 84: 160 (1937).
Rhaphidophora pinnatifida (Roxb.) Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 5: 45 (1857).
Rhaphidophora rosenburghii Furtado Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 8: 155 (1935).
Rhaphidophora vitiensis Schott Bonplandia (Hannover) 9: 367 (1861).
Rhaphidophora wallichii Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 383 (1860).
Scindapsus bipinnatifidus Teijsm. & Binn. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor.: 65 (1866).
Scindapsus caudatus (Roxb.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 21 (1832).
Scindapsus decursivus Moritzi in H.Zollinger, Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 2: 82 (1854), nom. illeg.
Scindapsus dilaceratus K.Koch & Sello Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1853(App.): 5 (1853).
Scindapsus forsteri Endl. Ann. Wiener Mus. Naturgesch. 1: 161 (1836).
Scindapsus pinnatifidus (Roxb.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 21 (1832).
Scindapsus pinnatus (L.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 21 (1832).
Tornelia dilacerata (K.Koch & Sello) Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 356 (1860).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Epipremnum merrillii (Engl.) Engl. & K.Krause	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Epipremnum pinnatum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Epipremnum pinnatum (L.) Engl.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Med. Pl. at Markets of Honghe Prefect, SW China (Lee et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Epipremnum pinnatum (Linn.) Eng.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Epipremnum pinnatum Schott	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pathos pinnata L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Raphidiophora merrillii Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rhaphidophora laciniata (Burm. F.) Merr.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Rhaphidophora laciniata (Burm.f.) Merr.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Rhaphidophora laciniata Merrill	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rhaphidophora merrillii Engler	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rhaphidophora pinnata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rhaphidophora pinnata (L.f.) Schott	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rhaphidophora pinnata Schott	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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