Rhaphidophora decursiva

Rhaphidophora decursiva (Roxb.) Schott, Bonplandia 5: 45 (1857).

Rhaphidophora decursiva (Roxb.) Schott, Photo by Hoang  Thanh Son

its native range is Indian Subcontinent to S. China and Indo-China.

Vietnamese name: 

Lân tơ uyn, Ráy rách lá, Chuối hương, Đuôi phượng

Latin name: 

Rhaphidophora decursiva (Roxb.) Schott – Pothos decursivus Roxb; Scindapsus decursivus Schott

Family: 

Araceae

Uses: 

Pimples, soft wounds (Leaf pounding). Whooping cough in children, sore throat, cold, sore limbs, headache due to rheumatism, snakebite (Old tree trunk).

Distribution:

In Vietnam: Lao Cai, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh to the Central Highlands. The tree grows naturally, climbing on large trees or on rocks in moist evergreen forests.

Fruit season:

March-April