Araceae
Swiss cheese vine
Monstera adansonii
- Family
- Araceae
- Genus
- Monstera
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 小龜背竹, 小龟背竹, 孔叶龟背竹
- Dutch
- Rimpelgatenplant
- English
- Swiss cheese vine, Adanson's monstera
- Finnish
- Aarnipeikonlehti
- Indonesian
- Janda bolong
- Japanese
- マドカズラ
- Swedish
- Liten monstera
Synonyms
- Calla dracontium G.Mey.
- Calla pertusa (L.) Kunth
- Dracontium pertusum L.
- Monstera adansonii var. adansonii
- Monstera pertusa (L.) de Vriese
Flowers
- In flower
- December to August (from 212 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Enrique Salazar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aitor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Pablo Cauã da Silva Toledo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist LeavesPhoto: Yelena Bergman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF LeavesPhoto: Augusto César Muniz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF LeavesPhoto: Mariana Mora, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Whole plantPhoto: Alexandre Magno, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Francis Pérez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Whole plantPhoto: Jean-Luc Ferrière, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Giovanna Roque de Castro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Whole plantPhoto: María Paula Moreno Mendoza, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); common names from SimplePlant editors (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.