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Monstera adansonii
Monstera adansonii
- Botanic Family
- Araceae
- Author
- Schott
- Propagation
- A.C.S.
Common Names
- Swiss Cheese Plant
- Taro-vine
- Chirrivaca (Costa Rica)
- Abrazapalo (Colombia)
Geographical Habitats
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Acre
- Amazonas
- Bahia
- Espírito Santo
- Pará
- Rio de Janeiro
- Sao Paulo - Brazil
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guadeloupe
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Leeward Islands
- Mexico
- Netherlands Antilles
- Panama
- Peru
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Suriname
- Venezuela
- Windward Islands
Natural Habitats
- Forest
- seasonally inundated areas
- secondary forest
- disturbed areas
- coastal
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Hemi-epiphytic glabrous non-woody evergreen climber with aerial roots. Leaves to 1m long with many large perforations. Axillary solitary erect flower spathe 280mm long, 100mm wide white to yellowish inside, green outside, 180mm long 20mm wide spadix yellow to white. Fruit an orange berry to 6mm x 4mm.
Further References
- Bailey 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Mobot
- NYBG
- Llamas 2003
- Neotrop
- FB
- Exotica
- The Plant List 2
- VOPR
- JAA
- FOPE
- Kew
- Standley