English: Centipede tongavine; Efeutute; Pothos aureus; Scindapsus aureum; Silver Vine; Golden pothos; Ceylon creeper; Hunter's robe; Ivy arum; Money plant; Silver vine, Solomon Islands ivy; Taro vine; Devil's vine; Devil's ivy.
Region: originally from Mo'orea in the
Society Islands of French Polynesia; naturalised in northern Australia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Pacific Islands, West Indies.
Habitat: tropical and subtropical forests; worldwide.
Culture: can become a highly invasive species, in Sri Lanka having no natural enemies, in Florida.
Content: calcium oxalate raphides, causing atopic dermatitis and mucous membrane irritation.
Use: popular houseplant; efficient in removing indoor pollutants as formaldehyde, trichloroethene, toluene, xylene, and benzene; in aquariums, on top with roots in the water, beneficial to the plant and the aquarium as it absorbs many nitrates and uses them for growth.
BotanyStrong vine, almost impossible to kill; rarely flowers without artificial hormone supplements, last time in 1964.