Scindapsus aureus

Geographic distribution

Scindapsus aureus native to central and South America, tropical rain forest area. Have a wide distribution in the world, including South Australia, Malaysia, Indochina, Japan, India China. Now has been introduced to most of the tropical and subtropical forest.

Scindapsus aureus is a large evergreen herbaceous vines, often climbing growth in rocks and tree trunks, can grow to a maximum of 20 meters, stem diameter of 4 cm, indoor plant height can reach 2 meters. Scindapsus aureus stem is stout, rattan length up to several meters, vine length up to ten meters, with aerial roots around the internodes section.

With the increasing of age, stem thickening, blade is also bigger. Young branchlets looks like whip, slender, lower leaves are large, broadly ovate, papery.

Mature branches petiole is stout, leaf blade thinly leathery, emerald green, with irregular pure yellow plaque, entire, inequilateral ovate or ovate oblong, apex acuminate, base deeply cordate. The leaves up to 100 cm long, 45 cm wide (young plants, usually under 20 cm). Young leaves are ovate-cordate, length about 30cm and width about 10cm. Thick green leaves with white irregular spots or stripes.

Use value

Medicinal value

Efficacy: blood stasis.
Indications: for traumatic injury.
Usage and dosage: oral (decoction, 3~9g). external (pound deposited).

Landscape value

1. adsorb impurities

Scindapsus aureus can absorb benzene, trichloroethylene, formaldehyde, according to environmentalists, just decorated new homes need more ventilation, put Several pots of scindapsus aureus to absorb harmful gases, basically can achieve occupancy standards, the new laid floor is very easy to produce harmful substances. Because the scindapsus aureus can purify the benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene in the air, therefore very suitable to placed in the newly renovated room.

2. Air purification

Scindapsus aureus also have strong function of air purification, have the green cleaner reputation. Scindapsus aureus can formaldehyde into sugars and amino acids etc by the new supersedes the old, can also decompose benzene that emitted by the copiers, printers, and also can absorb it.

Ornamental value

Scindapsus aureus evergreen the four seasons, long branch drooping, swaying, is an excellent foliage plants, suitable for wall, tree trunks greening, and can also be used as ground cover plants.