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.