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Monstera obliqua

Botanic Family

Araceae

Author

Miquel

Common Names

• Kahoe (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Maranhão
• Pará
• Rondonia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• seasonally inundated forest
• rainforest
• floodplain forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Root-climbing hemi-epiphytic vine with perforated leaves to 300mm x 200mm, numerous perforations on margins. 60mm long x 7mm wide pale yellow spadix, orange fruit, 80mm long creamy-white to yellow spathe, yellow flowers

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• NYBG
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• Exotica
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew