Araceae
Monstera Adans.
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Araceae Status: Valid
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Hemiepiphitic climbers.
Leaves: Leaves entire in juvenile state, growing very tightly on tree trunks, generally with orifices and deep lobes or sometimes entire in adult state.
Reproductive Morphology
Flowers: Spathe larger than the spadix, caducous.
Infructescence: Infructescence syncarpous. Fruit a berry, conical, yellow or orange when mature, separate. Mesocarp white.
Seeds: Seeds 1 per fruit.
Other
Distribution: Mexico to Peru.