Pothos Brasil
Epipremnum aureum 'Brasil'
📖 About this plant
Pothos Brasil features a striking variegation pattern where each heart-shaped leaf displays a bold golden-yellow stripe or streak running down the center, flanked by rich green margins. The effect resembles a glowing golden pathway through each leaf, creating a warm, cheerful appearance. Unlike the more mottled Golden Pothos, Brasil has a cleaner, more defined variegation pattern that’s quite distinctive. It’s a vigorous, fast-growing variety that quickly creates lush trailing displays, making it one of the most popular variegated pothos choices for home and office.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
Medium to Bright Indirect Light
When top 2-3 cm of soil is dry
40-60%
18-30°C (65-85°F)
Well-draining potting mix with perlite and peat moss
Balanced liquid fertilizer every 4-6 weeks in spring and summer
🌐 Common Names
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Southeast Asia (cultivar, named after its Brazilian discovery/popularity)
- 📏 Max height
- 1.5-3 m (5-10 ft) trailing
- 📐 Spread
- 45-90 cm (1.5-3 ft)
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Rarely flowers indoors
- 🎨 Bloom color
- White spathe (rare)
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green heart-shaped leaves with golden-yellow streaks down the center
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial (5-10+ years indoors)
- 📈 Growth rate
- Fast
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, drooling, and vomiting
- 🌱 Propagation
- Stem cuttings in water or moist soil; roots in 1-2 weeks
🛡️ Health & Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs — calcium oxalate crystals cause oral irritation, drooling, and vomiting
Common issues
- Variegation fading in low light (leaves become mostly green)
- overwatering causing yellow leaves
- root rot in heavy soil
- mealybug infestations
- leggy vines if not pruned
💡 Care tips
- Medium to bright indirect light keeps the golden center stripe vibrant.
- This is one of the easier variegated pothos to maintain — the variegation is relatively stable.
- Faster growing than white-variegated types due to more chlorophyll.
- Excellent for trailing from high shelves or hanging baskets.
- Regular pruning encourages bushier growth and more branching.
