Monstera deliciosa. Common garden plant in Chennai and South East Coast.
On Jun 27, 2:00 pm, Sathyanarayana Srinivasan <[email protected]> wrote: > Photos > at:https://picasaweb.google.com/satya.sriniv/Maredumilli_18_19_Jun_2011#...https://picasaweb.google.com/satya.sriniv/MAREDUMILLI_09_10_APR_11#55... > > Location: Maredumilli, East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh > Date: 18 June 2011, and earlier visits as well. > > This place is in the Eastern Ghats. The forest type here is mostly moist > deciduous with evergreen patches. > The plant looks similar to some species of Monstera, popular in horticulture > and native to the new world - but I saw this plant growing wild; If it is > indeed a Monstera, I'm not sure how it got there. That said, the forest out > here has been tampered with on a massive scale - there are pine plantations > over large areas... and rubber and coffee... > > Thanks, > Sathya
