About
The shingle plant is a climbing Monstera from Mexico and Central America and the most northerly species in the genus.
Field notes
Morphology
Begins as a low, creeping plant whose small, thick, waxy heart-shaped leaves overlap in two rows. On meeting a tree it climbs using clinging roots; adult leaves resemble those of Monstera deliciosa and appear once the plant is about 4.5 m up. The base of the stem later dies, leaving the plant rooted only in the air.
Distribution & habitat
Ranges from Mexico (north to San Luis Potosí) through Central America; abundant in central Petén, Guatemala.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Mexico, Guatemala
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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