How to Prepare the Fruit of the Monstera Deliciosa Plant.
Channel: Random Stuff You Might Need To Know
Date: 2023-12-11

Monstera Deliciosa also known as Swiss cheese plant or split-leaf philodendron bears fruits that are edible. However if not harvested and eaten when fully ripe eating the fruit could be an unpleasant experience like eating glass fiber. That this could easily tater one from ever eating this fruit again. 

It takes a bit of knowledge to how and when to harvest this fruit and which sections of the fruit can be eaten at which time. When done right this is a extremely sweet juicy fruit with a taste that is often described as fruit salad like  and might also have a slight resemblance a the pine apple.
Just like a Pineapple The Monstera fruit has Raphides. Raphides are needle-shaped crystals of calcium oxalate monohydrate (prismatic monoclinic crystals) or calcium carbonate as aragonite. This is what gives them a stinging quality. However when eaten ripe just like with pine apple this stinging quality should not be overwhelming.