Swiss Cheese Plant (Monstera deliciosa Liebm.)
Also known as split-leaf philodendron, tarovine, taro vine.
↑Range - Expand
| Legend | Color |
| Introduced or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
This species is native to southern Mexico, but we have yet to build this portion of its range map.
↑Uses
This species is widely cultivated as an indoor plant, where it is relatively easy to grow, and valued for its large, distinctive foliage.
In tropical regions, this species is also widely cultivated for its fruit. Indoor plants rarely flower and produce fruit, and the fruit is rarely shipped outside the tropics, as it cannot be safely consumed when picked unripe, has a short shelf-life, and does not withstand refrigeration. It is therefore rarely available outside the tropics.
↑Links & External Resources
• Monstera deliciosa (tarovine) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Swiss Cheese Plant | iNaturalist (About This Site)
• Monstera deliciosa (Tarovine) | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Monstera deliciosa | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Monstera deliciosa Liebm. | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)
• Monstera deliciosa | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
