About
A climbing Monstera of Central America and the Amazon basin, grown occasionally as a houseplant.
Care at a glance
- Pet safety
- Not recorded. We have no source on whether this plant is safe for cats, dogs or other pets — that is not the same as safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked.
- People
- Not recorded.
- Pot
- Provide a support to climb.
- Mature size
- 1.2–2.4 m as a houseplant; up to 10 m outdoors.
Field notes
Morphology
Grows up to 10 m long outdoors but usually 1.2–2.4 m indoors. The leaf-stalk sheaths keep persistent wings that do not dry and drop. It bears small white inflorescences.
Distribution & habitat
Native to Brazil (Acre, Tocantins, Amazonas, Goiás and the Cerrado) and to Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Belize.
Cultivation notes
Like other Monstera it needs a support to climb in order to develop properly.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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