Rhaphidophora decursiva

Rhaphidophora decursiva is a vigorous climbing aroid native to tropical and subtropical forests stretching from the Indian Subcontinent to South China and Indo-China. It climbs trunks in warm wet conditions. The adult leaves are extremely large, glossy green, and deeply pinnatifid with many narrow lobes, lacking any perforations. The juvenile leaves, in contrast, are much smaller and undivided. The thick rooting stems display visible nodes and numerous climbing aerial roots.

Native range

Indian Subcontinent to South China and Indo-China

Classification

Genus

Rhaphidophora

Family

Araceae

Type

Wild

Growth habit

Vigorous climbing, root-climbing

Morphology

Leaf shape

Deeply pinnatifidFoliage deeply lobed in a feather-like pattern, but not cut all the way to the central vein. with numerous narrow lobes

Leaf length

50-90cm

Leaf width

30-50cm

Petiole colour

Green

Venation

PinnateVeins or lobes arranged like a feather, branching out symmetrically on both sides of a single main central vein.

Texture

Glossy, leathery

Variegation

None

Growth habit

Thick climbing stems