700.000 Monstera Adans.

Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.

Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York

Description of the genus

Epiphytic climbing species. Leaves large, leathery, entire or pinnatifid, with a perforated lamina (in our species). Petiole long and sheathing. Spathes boat-shaped, early deciduous, subtending the thick, densely-flowered spadix. Carpels truncate at the apex. Ovary 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Fruit edible.

Worldwide: c. 25 species, native to tropical America

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

Monstera deliciosa

Links to cultivated taxa    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesContent
deliciosa Liebm.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Monstera:

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Monstera
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Monstera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Monstera
Wikipedia: Monstera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Monstera
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Monstera

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Monstera.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1660, retrieved 30 March 2023

Site software last modified: 12 October 2020 10:30pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use