中文名（Chinese Name）：麒麟尾
学名（Scientific Name）：Epipremnum pinnatum (Linn.) Engl.
英文名（English Common Name）：centipede tongavine
别名（Chinese Common Name）：上树龙、百足藤
异名（Synonym）：Epipremnum mirabile Schott；Raphidophora pinnata Schott；Rhaphidophora pinnata (L.) Schott；Scindapsus pinnatus (L.) Schott；Pothos pinnatus L.；Scindapsus bipinnatifidus Teijsm. & Binn.；Scindapsus caudatus (Roxb.) Schott；Scindapsus dilaceratus K.Koch & Sello；Scindapsus forsteri Endl.；Scindapsus pinnatifidus (Roxb.) Schott；Tornelia dilacerata (K.Koch & Sello) Schott；Pothos caudatus Roxb.；Pothos pinnatifidus Roxb.；Rhaphidophora caudata (Roxb.) Schott；Rhaphidophora cunninghamii Schott；Rhaphidophora dilacerata (K.Koch & Sello) K.Koch；Rhaphidophora laciniata (Burm.f.) Merr.；Rhaphidophora lovellae F.M.Bailey；Rhaphidophora merrillii Engl.；Rhaphidophora neocaledonica Guillaumin；Rhaphidophora pinnatifida (Roxb.) Schott；Rhaphidophora vitiensis Schott；Rhaphidophora wallichii Schott；Philodendron dilaceratum Engl.；Philodendron nechodomae Britton；Monstera pinnata (L.) Schott；Monstera caudata (Roxb.) Schott；Monstera dilacerata (K.Koch & Sello) K.Koch；Epipremnum angustilobum K.Krause；Epipremnum elegans Engl.；Epipremnum merrillii Engl. & K.Krause；Epipremnum robinsonii K.Krause；Epipremnum mirabile f. eperforatum Engl.；Epipremnum elegans f. ternatensis Alderw.；Epipremnum mirabile f. multisectum Engl.；Epipremnum pinnatum f. multisectum (Engl.) Engl.；Rhaphidophora pertusa var. vitiensis (Schott) Engl.；Philodendron epipremnum
科属（Family & Genus）：天南星科（Araceae）麒麟叶属
形态特征（Description）：藤本植物，攀援极高。茎圆柱形，粗壮，下部粗2.5-4厘米，多分枝；气生根具发达的皮孔，平伸，紧贴于树皮或石面上。叶柄长25-40厘米，上部有长2.2厘米的膨大关节；叶鞘膜质，上达关节部位，逐渐撕裂，脱落；叶片薄革质，幼叶狭披针形或披针状长圆形，基部浅心形，成熟叶宽的长圆形，基部宽心形，沿中肋有2行星散的、有时为长达2毫米的小穿孔，叶片长40-60厘米，宽30-40厘米，两侧不等地羽状深裂，裂片线形，基部和顶端等宽或略狭，裂弯宽5-7.5厘米，狭长渐尖，裂片上有叶片的I级侧脉1-3条，II级侧脉与I级侧脉成极小的锐角，后逐渐与之平行。花序柄圆柱形，粗壮，长10-14厘米，基部有鞘状鳞叶包围。佛焰苞外面绿色，内面黄色，长10-12厘米，渐尖。肉穗花序圆柱形，钝，长约10厘米，粗3厘米。雌蕊具棱，长5-6毫米，顶平，柱头无柄，线形，纵向；胚珠2-4，着生于胎座的近基部。种子肾形，稍光滑。花期4-5月。
分布（Distribution）：产台湾、广东、广西、云南的热带地域，附生于热带雨林的树上或岩壁上。自印度至菲律宾、太平洋诸岛及大洋洲均有。
用途（Use）：茎叶供药用，能消肿止痛；可治跌打损伤、风湿关节、痈肿疮毒。
引自中国植物志英文版FOC Vol. 23 Page 14, 15
Epipremnum pinnatum (Linnaeus) Engler, Pflanzenr. 37(IV. 23B): 60. 1908.
麒麟叶 qi lin ye| Araceae  | Epipremnum
Pothos pinnatus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 2: 1324. 1763; Epipremnum angustilobum K. Krause; E. elegans Engler; E. formosanum Hayata; E. glaucicephalum Elmer; E. merrillii (Engler) Engler & K. Krause; E. mirabile Schott; Monstera caudata (Roxburgh) Schott; M. dilacerata (K. Koch & Sello) C. Koch; M. pinnata (Linnaeus) Schott; M. pinnatifida (Roxburgh) Schott; Polypodium laciniatum N. L. Burman; Pothos caudatus Roxburgh; P. pinnatifidus Roxburgh; Rhaphidophora caudata (Roxburgh) Schott; R. cunninghamii Schott; R. dilacerata (K. Koch & Sello) C. Koch; R. formosana Engler (1879); R. formosana (Hayata) M. Hotta (1970); R. laciniata (N. L. Burman) Merrill; R. lovellae F. M. Bailey; R. merrillii Engler; R. neocaledonica Guillaumin; R. pertusa (Roxburgh) Schott var. vitiensis (Schott) Engler; R. pinnata (Linnaeus) Schott; R. pinnatifida (Roxburgh) Schott; R. vitiensis Schott; R. wallichii Schott; Scindapsus caudatus (Roxburgh) Schott & Endlicher; S. dilaceratus K. Koch & Sello; S. forsteri Endlicher; S. pinnatifidus (Roxburgh) Schott; S. pinnatus (Linnaeus) Schott; Tornelia dilacerata (K. Koch & Sello) Schott.
Root climbers, to 15 m. Mature stem 5-40 mm in diam., internodes separated by prominent leaf scars, obscured by sheath fibers, active stems lustrous green with prominent irregular longitudinal whitish crests. Foliage leaves often clustered distally; petiole dark green, 19.5-60 cm × 3-13 mm, canaliculate, smooth; apical pulvinus 16-70 × 3-5 mm, basal pulvinus 3-7 × 1-1.5 cm; petiolar sheath extending to halfway along apical pulvinus, disintegrating into netted fibers; leaf blade ovate to oblong-elliptic, 10-93 × 5-60 cm, submembranous, base slightly cordate, regularly pinnatifid to pinnatisect, apex acuminate; pinnae paler abaxially, adaxially dark green, 1.2-6.5 cm wide, with tiny perforations along and adjacent to midrib, pinnae each with 1 primary lateral vein and several parallel interprimary veins, higher order venation reticulate, midrib prominently raised abaxially, impressed adaxially. Inflorescence several together, partially obscured by netted fibers; peduncle pale green, 5.5-21.5 cm × 4-10 mm, terete. Spathe dull yellow to mid-green outside, dull yellow or pale green inside, canoe-shaped, 7-23.5 × 3-15 cm, stoutly attenuate to 15 mm, opening almost flat at anthesis. Spadix sessile, white, later glaucous gray-green to yellow, cylindric, 8.5-25 × 1.1-3.5 cm, base slightly obliquely inserted. Flowers 3-7 mm in diam. Ovary cylindric, 4-12 × 2-7 mm, basal part slightly compressed; ovules 2 or 3; stylar region trapezoid, 3-7 × 1.5-4 mm, rather robust, truncate; stigma longitudinally linear-oblong, 2-6 × 0.1-0.5 mm. Fruit mid-green. Seeds reniform, ca. 4.5 × 3.5 mm. Fl. Apr-Jul.
Tropical rain forests, mountain forests, creeping and climbing on trees, rocks, or stone walls; below 2000 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan [Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam; Australia (Queensland), Pacific islands].
The plants are used medicinally to treat traumatic injuries, abscesses, and rheumatic arthralgia.

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