Monstera deliciosa - Split-leaf-Philodendron, Mexican Breadfruit
By Delonix1
- 2 Dec, 2010
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This Split-leaf-Philodendron is full of potentially delicious, pineapple-tasting fruit...when it ripens. Photo taken next to the House of Puerto Rico in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. on Dec. 1, 2010.
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Do all the Philodendrons produce edible fruit???
2 Dec, 2010
Meanie:
Yes, the fruit is very delicious, hence the species epithet, deliciosa.
2 Dec, 2010
Alexandramou:
No. Monstera is not a true Philodendron...even though it's in the same family (Araceae).
2 Dec, 2010
Are these what we call cheese plants ?
2 Dec, 2010
Palmate:
Yes, that's another common name for this plant.
2 Dec, 2010
We very rarely see them fruit here.
4 Dec, 2010
Rbtkew:
Even in the greenhouses at Kew?
4 Dec, 2010
Used to be very popular in the 60s not so now, I did not realize it fruited either.
5 Dec, 2010
Dottydaisy2:
It's a very widely grown landscape plant here. In some gardens it covers a huge area. At the San Diego Zoo this vine covers acres of space under trees. I've posted several pics in the past. :>)
6 Dec, 2010
Cool! I didn't know that, thanks D1! I have seen them as houseplants but never owned one. Maybe I'm getting tangled up in names...but I remember warnings not to let pets chew on philodendron leaves as they were supposed to be poisonous?
10 Dec, 2010
Lori:
You're welcome! :>)
All parts are poisonous...if ingested! (with the exception of the ripe fruit that is)
10 Dec, 2010
interesting dichotomy!
10 Dec, 2010
Lori:
It's very common in the plant kingdom to have trees/plants which have poisonous leaves, branches with edible fruit. Fruits in the Solanaceae (Nightshade) family are good examples.
10 Dec, 2010
don't eat green potatoes!! hehe
13 Dec, 2010
Lori:
Definitely don't want to do that...
13 Dec, 2010
Marguerite:
It's always a challenge to harvest the fruit before the pests attacks them...generally, here the ants get to them first. I have tasted the fruit...it has a very sweet pineapple flavor. I have a large one in my backyard which has been very neglected...and hasn't flowered or fruited since I've lived here in 7 years. It used to flower and fruit regularly before I moved here. A friend gave me this plant 20 years ago...it was a very sweet variety also. (every time I've moved I've take a large cutting).
21 Dec, 2010
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I had no idea that they produced edible fruit!
2 Dec, 2010