Monstera is considered a hemiepiphyte. The leaves are alternate, leathery, dark green, very large, from long (up to long in "M. dubia") and broad, often with holes in the leaf blade. The flowers are borne on a specialised inflorescence called a spadix, long; the fruit is a cluster of white berries, edible in some species. They are commonly grown indoors as houseplants. The best-known representative of the genus, "Monstera deliciosa", is also cultivated for its edible fruit which tastes like a combination of banana and pineapple. "The Plant List" recognises 48 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names): Previously included: Monstera
Monstera punctulata Monstera punctulata Monstera punctulata is a species of flowering plant from Araceae family that can be found in southern part of Mexico, and Central America. The species is tall. Juvenile have a flattened stem, while adult stem is brown in colour and is . It is also tuberculate and subterete and have long internodes. The species petiole is either smooth or tuberculate, and can also be densely flecked with white spots which are long. They are also vaginate to the geniculum with its deciduous sheath wings, which sometimes are fibrous at the base of the petiole. It geniculum is long