Pothos scandens is a climbing tropical forest plant in the calla lily family Araceae. It is the type species of the genus Pothos. No subspecies are recorded in the Catalogue of Life. Its leaves are like those of the makrut lime Citrus hystrix, with the petiole expanded into a cladode with a single terminal leaflet
The distribution of P. scandens is: Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Comoros, India (including Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara, Sumatera), Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah), Myanmar, Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. In Vietnamese it is called tràng phao dây or ráy leo.