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Monstera adansonii
Also called Swiss Cheese Plant, Mountain Ears, Tarovine, Monkey Mask, Five Holes Plant
Adanson's monstera is a tropical climbing aroid from Central and South America, grown mainly for its heart-shaped leaves full of oval holes. It thrives in bright indirect light and a well-draining, airy mix, and is easy to keep as a houseplant.
Monstera adansonii, the Adanson's monstera, Swiss cheese plant, five holes plant or monkey mask plant, is a species of flowering plant from family Araceae, which is widespread across much of South America and Central America. Monstera adansonii is classified as a hemiepiphyte vine and can be found in tropical forests with hot and high humidity conditions.
The common name "Swiss cheese plant" is also used for the also very often cultivated species Monstera deliciosa.
Other regions this plant may be found in are the West Indies, Antigua, Grenada, Saba, St. Kitts, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, and Trinidad. The species are quite common near river valleys at lower elevations.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monstera adansonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
