Monstera lechleriana is a flowering plant in the genus Monstera in the arum family, Araceae. It is native to Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá, Peru, and Venezuela. The species is named for the German botanist Willibald Lechler, who collected the original type specimen in 1854. It was the scientifically described by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott by 1860. Like other species of Monstera, the plant is an epiphytic climbing vine which grows on the lower trunks of trees, and which produces large leaves with perforations when mature that appear on each side of the midrib of the foliage.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Monstera lechleriana being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Monstera adansonii
- Monstera oreophila
- Monstera praetermissa
- Monstera acuminata
- Monstera monteverdensis
- Rhaphidophora foraminifera
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Monstera
- Species
- Monstera lechleriana
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