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Monstera tenuis

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Monstera tenuis is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae. It is native to Central America, from Nicaragua to Panama. It grows in wet tropical habitats below 1,600 meters (5,200 ft). Like many others in its genus, like Monstera dubia, the plant starts life on the forest floor and then as a root climber climbs tree trunks to a height of 30 metres in a shingling fashion with leaves tightly appressed to the surface of the trunk. When it reaches a sufficient height, the leaf morphology dramatically changes to pinnate in nature, and it develops very long aerial roots. The name of the species, which means "thin" in Latin, refers to the juvenile leaves.

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Family
Araceae

Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Monstera tenuis
Slug
monstera-tenuis
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Araceae
Genus
Monstera
Species
tenuis
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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