Epipremnum aureum is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native in Mo’orea, French Polynesia. The species has become naturalised in tropical and sub-tropical forests worldwide, include Northern Australia through Southeast Asia, India, Pakistan and as far as Hawaii and West Indies. where it has caused severe ecological damage in some cases (see below). The plant has a multitude of common names including devil’s ivy, golden pothos, hunter’s robe, ivy arum, money plant, silver vine, Solomon Islands ivy and taro vine. It is sometimes mistakenly labeled as a Philodendron in plant stores.