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Monstera
Swiss cheese plant
Other common names
windowleafSynonyms
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Botanical details
- Family
- Araceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Monstera
- Genus description
Monstera are evergreen climbing shrubs with aerial roots, and usually ovate leaves which are often pinnately cut or lobed; arum-like flowerheads with white spathes arise from the leaf axils on mature plants
- Name status
Correct
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