先說錫葉藤中文名稱的由來, 錫葉藤原產地在唐山, 唐山過台灣帶過來的, Native to: Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
後來, 從中南美洲來了一個類似種, 假錫葉藤, 學名 : Petrea volubilis L. 原產地 Native to: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
