Madaidaicin rubutun kalmar shine "fetid pothos," kuma tana nufin shuka mai ƙaƙƙarfan ƙamshi mara daɗi. Kalmar "fetid" tana nufin samun ƙaƙƙarfan ƙamshi mai banƙyama, yayin da "pothos" yana nufin wani nau'in tsiro a cikin dangin Araceae, wanda aka fi girma a matsayin tsire-tsire. Don haka, “fetid pothos” da gaske yana nufin nau’in tsiron pothos iri-iri da ke fitar da wari mara daɗi.
