Dragon-Tail
Epipremnum pinnatum
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh & more
How to identify Dragon-Tail
Identify Dragon-Tail by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaves split into deep lobes at maturity (dragon-tail).
- Confirm leaf shape: Deeply split/perforated (holes).
- In India, compare location records such as West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Araceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dragon-Tail.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Epipremnum pinnatum
- Genus
- Epipremnum
- Family
- Araceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Cultivated
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Solomon Islands
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Assam, Goa, Sikkim, Uttarakhand
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Deeply split/perforated (holes)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Basal
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dragon-Tail itself; the rest are typical of the Araceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Inflorescence
- Spike
Typical of the Araceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Dragon-Tail
Dragon-tail (Epipremnum pinnatum) is a climber in the Araceae family. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and 11 other states. It is cultivated.
Araceae
Arum family
Dragon-Tail belongs to the Araceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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