Monstera deliciosa plant in the tropics and subtropics. Its ease of cultivation also makes it a very widespread plant in apartment in temperate regions. "Monstera deliciosa" and the cultivar 'Variegata' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The fruit of "Monstera deliciosa" is up to 25 cm long and 3–4 cm diameter, looking like a green ear of maize covered with hexagonal scales. As the fruit ripens, these scales or platelets fall off the fruit, releasing a strong and sweet scent. The smell has been compared to a combination of pineapples and bananas. The fruit is edible and safe
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