I had a wonderful vine in my last house that regularly flowered and set fruit. They smelled sort of good, but that's no assurance they aren't chock-full of oxalic acid or something else ugly.
Damn!
None in this house.
Have you ever seen the time-lapse photography from a treetop cam that shows the Monstera vines growing their way around the treetops like big leafy caterpillars? Mine used to do that: grow at one end, die at the other.
It's actually called "monstera deliciosa." It's usually used as a tropical houseplant (when not in the wild) where the fruit hardly ever develops. You would recognize the houseplant version.
This was dessert tonight.
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I didn't know they were edible!
I had a wonderful vine in my last house that regularly flowered and set fruit. They smelled sort of good, but that's no assurance they aren't chock-full of oxalic acid or something else ugly.
Damn!
None in this house.
Have you ever seen the time-lapse photography from a treetop cam that shows the Monstera vines growing their way around the treetops like big leafy caterpillars? Mine used to do that: grow at one end, die at the other.
Sigh.
CKR
They're apparently poisonous until a certain stage. The fruit takes a year to ripen and during that time loses some of its toxicity.
But don't go chewing on the plant!
What is it?
It's actually called "monstera deliciosa." It's usually used as a tropical houseplant (when not in the wild) where the fruit hardly ever develops. You would recognize the houseplant version.
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