SCINDAPSUS TREUBII 'DARK FORM'

CULTIVAR DESCRIPTION:

Young leaves deep green, the mature leaves nearly black, thick and glossy.¹ Steve's Leaves adds that the juvenile leaves are teardrop-shaped and become more lanceolate as the plant climbs into mature foliage; JOMO Studio describes the foliage as almost black, incredibly glossy and without any variegation.³,⁴

VARIEGATED FORMS:

'Eclipse', submitted to the IAS Aroid Cultivar Registry by Aaron John Siy against the base name Scindapsus treubii Moonlight Dark Form, has not been accepted.⁵

NOTES:

STATUS - A market name. Not yet accepted by the International Aroid Society. As of September 2026 the IAS Aroid Cultivar Registry holds no record of this name at all - neither accepted nor declined - and there is no plant patent. The name is recorded from nursery and trade sources and is not validly established.

1. Also sold as 'Dark Moonlight'; it reached the trade after 'Moonlight' and was at first very rare, according to the care site OurHouseplants.²

REFERENCES:

1. North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: Scindapsus treubii

2. OurHouseplants: Scindapsus treubii Moonlight and Dark Form

3. Steve's Leaves: Scindapsus treubii 'Dark Form'

4. JOMO Studio: The difference between Scindapsus varieties

5. International Aroid Society Aroid Cultivar Registry: Scindapsus search results