Araceae
Pothos junghuhnii de Vriese
SUMMARY
Slender to moderately robust, homeophyllous, root-climbing liane. Shoot system well differentiated into adherent, non-flowering and free, lateral flowering branches; eocaul and seedling not observed. LEAVES bright to mid-green adaxially, paler abaxially, drying dull green; petiole 3.5–8 × 0.5–2 cm, broadly winged, oblong to obovate-oblong, base decurrent to clawed, apex truncate, rounded or weakly auriculate; blade 3–13 × 1.5–6 cm, ovate to elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, base rounded to acute, apex attenuate-mucronate to acute or attenuate, briefly tubulate; primary lateral veins arising at 45–65°, intramarginal veins 2 per side of the midrib, these arising from the base and remaining rather close to midrib before diverging further along blade. INFLORESCENCE solitary, arising from the distal leaf axils of fertile shoots, subtended by a minute prophyll and a few 0.5–3.5 cm, sequentially longer cataphylls; peduncle slender, 2.5–4(–5) cm × 1–1.2 mm, erect, dark purple. Spathe 6–15(–20) × 4–10(–15) mm, ovate, flat to convex, base cordate, clasping the peduncle, apex slightly raised, acute to subacute with a small mucro, dull green to purple. Spadix stipitate; stipe slender, (1–)2.5–3.5 × 1–1.5 mm, erect, straight, dark purple; fertile portion (3–) 6–14(–20) × (3–)3.5–6(–10) mm, globose to ovate-ellipsoid or ovoid-clavate, cream to yellow. Flowers 0.6–1.2 mm diam., with 6 free tepals and 6 stamens. INFRUCTESCENCE with 1–8 berries; fruit c. 4–7 mm diam, ovoid or ellipsoid, ripening scarlet; seeds c. 3–6 mm diam., ellipsoid.