Monstera punctulata

Monstera punctulata is a species of flowering plant from the family Araceae found in the southern part of Mexico and in Central America.

Description
The species is 15 m tall. Juvenile have a flattened stem, while adult stem is brown in colour and is 3 –. It is also tuberculate and subterete and have 3 – long internodes. The species petiole is either smooth or tuberculate, and can also be densely flecked with white spots which are 30 – 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 3 – 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 60 – long by 35 – wide. It also has a peduncle which is terete, tuberculate and is 1.5 – thick and 14 – long. The species spathe is white in colour, is obovate, and is 15 – tall. It is also blunt or shortly mucronate with flowering spadix being deep green to greenish gold coloured and is 14 - 19 cm long and 3.5 - 5.5 cm thick.

Distribution and ecology
It is found in such Central American countries as Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama. In central Petén, Guatemala it is found growing on limestone.