''Epipremnum amplissimum'' is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''

Epipremnum ''Epipremnum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Araceae, found in tropics, tropical forests from China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia to Australia the western Pacific. They are evergreen perennial plant, perennia ...

'', native to Southeast Asia, from

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

including

northern Australia The unofficial geographic term Northern Australia includes those parts of Queensland and Western Australia north of latitude 26th parallel south, 26° and all of the Northern Territory. Those local government areas of Western Australia and Q ...

Like the more commonly known ''

Epipremnum aureum ''Epipremnum aureum'' is a species in the arum family Araceae, native to Mo'orea 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 fo ...

'' (Pothos), it is an evergreen vine typically on a tree as an

epiphyte An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphyt ...

. Unlike the fenestrations of ''

Epipremnum pinnatum ''Epipremnum pinnatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It has many common names, including centipede tongavine, taro vine, silver vine and dragon-tail plant. In the Philippines, it is known in Tagalog as ''tibatib''. '' ...

'', this species does not develop dramatically new leaf shapes when climbing, with young foliage having a narrow elliptic shape and then increasing in length and breadth as it grows. The plant is most commonly kept in cultivation in its juvenile state, where it may have blue-gray variegation that disappears with maturity.

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amplissimum Flora of New Guinea Flora of Vanuatu Flora of Australia Plants described in 1880 {{Araceae-stub