The ceriman, Monstera deliciosa Liebm. Because of the apertures in its leaves, some have called it Swiss-cheese plant, or hurricane plant, suggesting that the holes and slits permit the wind to pass through without damaging the foliage.
Several inflorescences arise in a group from the leaf axils on tough, cylindrical stalks.
Generally there are no seeds, but sometimes, pale-green, hard seeds the size of large peas, may occur in a dozen or so of the segments. The ceriman is native to wet forests of southern Mexico, Guatemala and parts of Costa Rica and Panama. Specimens of the fruit were exhibited by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1874 and 1881. In Guatemala, it is raised in pots in patios to prevent too rampant growth, as it is apt to become an aggressive nuisance. The fruits are marketed to some extent in Queensland and, in the past, were sometimes shipped from Florida to gourmet grocers in New York and Philadelphia.