Mazhar Botanic Garden

Monstera deliciosa Liebm

Swiss Cheese

Family: Araceae
Genus: Monstera
Species: deliciosa
Sample code: EGY-MBG-000324
English name: Swiss Cheese
Arabic name: قشطة هندي
Native: Mexico to Panama
Country: Mexico Panama
(PGR): Common

Evergreen perennial vine to 20 m high Mature leaves very large, deep green and distinctively cut and perforated flowers is a spadix fruit 25 cm long, edible, very nice

Soil: The plants thrive in dense, nutrient-rich soil, but don't do well in potting soils with bark or compost

Ornamental plant. Edible fruit. The juicy, sub acid fruits have an excellent aroma and taste, combining the flavours of bananas and pineapples

Montera lennea KKoch

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Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Flowering time: Late spring
Zone: 12
pH range: Indicator Papers
Status: Cultivated
Habits: Climber
Plant Uses: Fruits
Vegetation types: Evergreen

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