Additionally, Anadendrum lacks trichosclereids and can be distinguished from all Monstereae using a leaf tear. Anadendrum flowers on clinging climbing shoots whereas almost all Pothos flower on free lateral shoots. In fruit both have red, somewhat juicy berries. However, those of Anadendrum are apically truncate with a prominent linear stigma wheras Pothos has ellipsoid to globose berries with a tiny, punctiform to slightly elongated stigma. The critical characters for differentiating between the genera of Anadendreae and Monstereae in west and central Malesia are presented below as a dichotomous key.
Confusion is also possible at species level.
Epipremnum pinnatum is vegetatively most similar to Rhaphidophora korthalsii Schott but easily-observed distinguishing characters are present. The internodes of R. korthalsii lack the prominent irregular longitudinal whitish crests and older stems lack the distinctive matt to sub-lustrous pale brown papery epidermis typical of E. pinnatum. The feeder roots of R. korthalsii are scaly whereas they are lenticellate-corky in E. pinnatum . Juvenile plants of E. pinnatum are sprawling to climbing with long-petioled 'conventional' leaves. Juvenile R. tetrasperma is a shingle-plant similar in appearance to R. korthalsii .