Description

The lamina surface is classically dark green or gray-green in color, though varieties with yellow variegations exist, ranging from 17.7 to 43.4 cm long and 7.8 to 18.8 cm wide. The texture of the lamina surface has been described as thinly coriaceous to subcoriaceous, matte or velvety to semiglossy in appearance.The Leaf shape has been described as having considerable variability (usually broadest below the middle). The leaf attaches to the stem via a 16.6–29.5 cm long petiole.[3]
They are commonly grown indoors as houseplants
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Monsteroideae
Tribe: Monstereae
Genus: Monstera
Adans.