Monstera deliciosa plant (or just cheese plant), monster fruit, monsterio delicio, monstereo, Mexican breadfruit, windowleaf, balazo, Penglai banana and (inaccurately) split leaf philodendron. The names in Spanish ("costilla de Adán"), Portuguese ("costela-de-adão"), and French ("plante gruyère") refer to the change of the leaves from entire to fenestrated (comparing it in the first two cases with the ribs of Adam and in the third with the hole-filled gruyère cheese). In Mexico, the plant is sometimes referred to as "piñanona". This member of the arum family Araceae is an epiphyte with aerial roots, able to grow up to in the wild high with large,
How Democratic Is the American Constitution? government effectiveness too difficult. He does describe American performance as "mediocre," and concludes that changing the United States Constitution to a system resembling one of the other stable democracies would not necessarily negatively impact government performance. How Democratic Is the American Constitution? How Democratic is the American Constitution? (2001, , among others) is a book by political scientist Robert A. Dahl that discusses seven "undemocratic" elements of the United States Constitution. The book defines "democratic" as alignment with the principle of "one person, one vote", also known as "majority rule". The author praises the Framers of the Constitution as "men