About
A large climbing Monstera of southern Mexico and Central America with white-flecked leaf stalks.
Field notes
Morphology
Climbs to about 15 m. Juvenile stems are flattened; adult stems are brown, bumpy and 3–4 cm thick. Leaf stalks may be densely flecked with white, and the soft, matte bright-green blades are 60–120 cm long.
Distribution & habitat
Southern Mexico and Central America, including Belize, Costa Rica and Panama; in central Petén, Guatemala, it grows on limestone.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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