Monstera deliciosa black irritant fibres can be swept off with the application of a little citrus juice. Plants grown indoors in temperate regions occasionally produce flowers and fruit. Although consumed in tropical countries, it takes a long time (up to a year) for fruits to reach maturity. Before it is unconscious because very sour, even toxic in high doses. As a result, Monstera deliciosa has never been grown industrially for its fruit. This plant lives in the humid tropical forests, in the lowlands and middle mountains, in the extreme south of Mexico and also in Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama. The
Actinidia deliciosa Actinidia deliciosa Actinidia deliciosa, fuzzy kiwifruit or mangüeyo is a fruiting vine native to southern China, the fruit of which has been declared the national fruit of that country. Other species of "Actinidia" are also found in China and range east to Japan and north into southern areas of Russian Far East. This species grows naturally at altitudes between 600 and 2,000 m. "Actinidia deliciosa" is a vigorous, woody, twining vine or climbing shrub reaching 9 m. The black-lyre leafroller moth ("“Cnephasia” jactatana") is one of the few commercially significant pests of this plant. Its leaves are alternate, long-petioled, deciduous,