Plant Details

Accepted name:: Monstera deliciosa Liebm. [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
piñanona	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Monstera borsigiana K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 5: 275 (1862).
Monstera deliciosa var. borsigiana (K.Koch) Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23B: 111 (1908).
Monstera deliciosa var. sierrana G.S.Bunting Gentes Herbarum 9: 320 (1965).
Monstera lenneana K.Koch Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 277 (1852).
Philodendron anatomicum Kunth & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1848: 11 (1848), pro syn.
Philodendron fenestratum Linden Cat. Pl. Exot. 14: 7 (1859).
Philodendron pertusum Kunth & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1848: 11 (1848).
Tornelia fragrans Gutierrez ex Schott Gen. Aroid.: t. 74 (1858), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Monstera deliciosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Monstera deliciosa Liebl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Monstera deliciosa Liebm.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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