Indoor Hanging plant- Pothos (Money Plant): Floral formula

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The Pothos—also known as the Money Plant—is a highly popular houseplant with the scientific name *Epipremnum aureum*. Its leaves are heart-shaped, which is one of the reasons it is referred to as the Money Plant. It features glossy green foliage adorned with yellow stripes. This fast-growing, evergreen vine can be cultivated in hanging pots, along walls, or even in water. The Money Plant is commonly kept in homes because it purifies the air and is believed to bring positive energy into the household. It thrives well in low-light conditions, requires minimal watering, and benefits from occasional fertilization. It can be easily propagated by taking cuttings.

Scientific Name: Epipremnum aureum

Some Basic Information about Pothos (Money Plant) - Indoor hanging plant

Habit: Perennial, evergreen climbing or trailing herb; can grow several meters long, forming dense trailing vines or climbing structures

Root: Adventitious roots arise from nodes, helping the plant attach to surfaces and absorb moisture

Stem: Slender, green, flexible when young, becoming slightly woody with age; nodes prominent

Leaf: Alternate, petiolate, simple; heart-shaped (juvenile) and deeply lobed in mature climbing plants; leathery, glossy, green or variegated

Inflorescence: Rare indoors; spadix enclosed by a spathe (typical of Araceae)

Flower: Bracteate, small, unisexual, arranged on spadix; usually not seen in cultivation

Calyx: Absent

Corolla: Absent

Androecium: Stamens 4–6, attached to spadix

Gynoecium: Ovary superior, multicarpellary, syncarpous

Fruit: Berry (rare in indoor conditions)

Floral Formula: Br ⊕ ⚥ P4-6 A4–6 G(1)

Systematic Position:
Division – Angiospermae
Class – Monocotyledonae
Order – Alismatales
Family – Araceae
Genus – Epipremnum
Species – aureum

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