Rhaphidophora decursiva-라피도포라 디컬시바

Family: Araceae.

Genus: Rhaphidophora.

Species: R. decursiva.

Genus Rhaphidophora:

Rhaphidophora is a genus comprising about 100 evergreen flowering climbers. They belong to the tropical areas of Africa, Australia, Malaysia, and the West Pacific. These are cultivated and hybridized on large scale to form a variety of new plants. This genus has scored good points in both indoor and outdoor plantations. Also, some of these are used in chemical production.

Synonyms

The term ‘rhaphidophora’ comes from a Greek word which is a combination of two. ‘Rhapis’ stands for ‘needle’ and ‘phoreus’ means ‘bearer’. This refers to the calcium oxalate crystals in Aroids making them toxic. The term ‘decursiva’ means ‘downwards’. Also, it refers to the specific hanging growth pattern of the leaves.

The popular Synonyms of the plant are;

• Monstera decursiva.
• Pothos decursiva.
• Philodendron decursiva.
• Rhaphidophora affinis.
• Rhaphidophora insignis.
• Scindapsus decursiva.

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