Epipremnum aureum

Epipremnum aureum is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Moorea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. The species is a popular houseplant in temperate regions but has also become naturalised in tropical and sub-tropical forests worldwide, including northern South Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent, the Pacific Islands and the West Indies, where it has caused severe ecological damage in some cases. The plant has a number of common names including golden pothos, Ceylon creeper, hunters robe, ivy arum, silver vine, Solomon Islands ivy, and taro vine. It is also called devils vine or devils ivy because it is very hardy and stays green even when kept in the dark. It is sometimes simply labelled Pothos, or mistakenly labelled as a Philodendron or Scindapsus in plant stores. It is commonly known as a money plant in many parts of Indian subcontinent. It rarely flowers without artificial hormone supplements; one of the last known spontaneous flowerings in cultivation was reported in 1964. An amateur grower discovered a flowering Epipremnum aureum in 2023. The plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Societys Award of Garden Merit.