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Window-Leaf Monstera
Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Aroids: philodendrons & tayer

Window-Leaf Monstera

Monstera obliqua Miq.

Names

EnglishWindow-Leaf Monstera
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese斜叶龟背竹
Scientific nameMonstera obliqua Miq.

About this species

Monstera obliqua is a species of the genus Monstera native to Central and South America. It is hemiepiphytic like most other Monstera species. The plant is particularly known for its foliage, which is, in mature specimens of a few varieties, highly perforated, sometimes described as having more empty space than leaf. An illustration of the general variation in adult leaf shape from different individuals of this species can be found in Michael Madison's A Revision of Monstera. The species is not commonly cultivated, but the name is often misapplied to specimens of the more widespread Monstera adansonii.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderAlismatales
FamilyAraceae
GenusMonstera

In Suriname

83Records in Suriname
5iNaturalist observations
1839First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini19
  • Brokopondo2
  • Para1

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

Records by month

All years combined.

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