Scindapsus 'Snake Scale'

Snake Scale stands out among Scindapsus cultivars for texture rather than colour: elongated leaves covered in a raised, overlapping pattern that genuinely resembles reptile scales, with no variegation or colour patches involved. The scale-like relief is most pronounced on well-lit, mature growth, and the effect is subtle enough in low light that plants can look deceptively plain until you catch the surface at an angle. It's a trailing/climbing vine with the same easy-going care profile as most Scindapsus, and forms the base of the pricier 'Snake Scale Tricolor' variegated sport.

Native range

Distinct textured selection of Scindapsus in trade.

Classification

Genus

Scindapsus

Family

Araceae

Type

Cultivar

Growth habit

Trailing/climbing vine

Morphology

Leaf shape

Elongated ovateEgg-shaped leaves, with the wider end near the base.

Leaf length

10-16 cm

Leaf width

6-10 cm

Petiole colour

Green

Venation

Subtle, obscured by scale texture

Texture

Raised, overlapping reptile-scale relief pattern

Variegation

N/A

Growth habit

Trailing/climbing vine