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Shingles plant
Letizia Weichgrebe, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Aroids: philodendrons & tayer

Shingles plant

Monstera dubia (Kunth) Engl. & K.Krause

Names

EnglishShingles plant
Dutch—
SpanishPlanta de tejas
Chinese可疑龟背竹
Scientific nameMonstera dubia (Kunth) Engl. & K.Krause

About this species

Monstera dubia is a species of plant in the genus Monstera native to Central and South America. M. dubia is known for the dramatic transformation of its foliage makes as it climbs from seed stage on the forest floor, to strongly patterned leaves shingling closely up a host tree trunk or other surface, until mature leaves with fenestrations similar to Monstera deliciosa appear. This transformation is an example of leaf dimorphism. Dubia refers to dubious, because authors were not certain that the species fell within the Dicot genus Marcgravia, where it was initially placed.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAraceae
GenusMonstera

In Suriname

11Records in Suriname
11iNaturalist observations
1981First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini7
  • Brokopondo3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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