Araceae tannia), "Typhonium trilobatum" and "Monstera deliciosa" (Mexican breadfruit). While the aroids are little traded, and overlooked by plant breeders to the extent that the Crop Trust calls them "orphan crops", they are widely grown and are important in subsistence agriculture and in local markets. The main food product is the corm, which is high in starch; leaves and flowers also find culinary use. List of foliage plant diseases (Araceae) Araceae The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes
Monstera punctulata In central Petén, Guatemala it is found growing on limestone. 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