Monstera punctulata
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Monstera punctulata 112910687.jpg
|image_caption = In Costa Rica
|genus = Monstera
|species = punctulata
|authority = (Schott) Schott ex Engl.{{cite POWO | title = Monstera punctulata | id = 87541-1 | access-date = February 27, 2024}}
|synonyms =
- Anadendrum punctulatum {{small|Schott}}
}}
Monstera punctulata is a species of flowering plant from the family Araceae found in the southern part of Mexico and in Central America.{{cite web|url=http://e-monocot.org/taxon/urn:kew.org:wcs:taxon:129662|title=Monstera punctulata|publisher=E-Monocot|accessdate= June 4, 2013}}
Description
The species is {{convert|15|m}} tall. Juvenile have a flattened stem, while adult stem is brown in colour and is {{convert|3|–|4|cm}}. It is also tuberculate and subterete and have {{convert|3|–|6|cm}} long internodes. The species petiole is either smooth or tuberculate, and can also be densely flecked with white spots which are {{convert|30|–|55|cm}} long. They are also vaginate to the geniculum with its deciduous sheath wings, which sometimes are fibrous at the base of the petiole. It geniculum is {{convert|3|–|4|cm}} long and is often of a rough texture and dark brown in colour. The species have a bright green coloured lamina that is soft in texture and is not glossy. It trichosclereids is absent and is {{convert|60|–|120|cm}} long by {{convert|35|–|60|cm}} wide. It also has a peduncle which is terete, tuberculate and is {{convert|1.5|–|2.5|cm}} thick and {{convert|14|–|18|cm}} long. The species spathe is white in colour, is obovate, and is {{convert|15|–|18|cm}} tall. It is also blunt or shortly mucronate with flowering spadix being deep green to greenish gold coloured and is {{convert|14|-|19|cm}} long and {{convert|3.5|-|5.5|cm}} thick.