Monstera Deliciosa Fruit – 9 Things To Know Before You Eat!

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The Monstera deliciosa fruit is edible and tastes like a mix between pineapple and banana. I tried the Monstera plant fruit and can confirm it is delicious. They also call the Swiss cheese plant the breadfruit and fruit salad plant.

I recently had two Monstera deliciosa fruits ripen at home. It took over a year. You can imagine how excited I was to try them finally.

Monstera deliciosa fruit

The fruits of Monstera deliciosa are edible. Once they have ripened, they are delicious and taste like a mix between pineapple and banana. The underripe fruit is highly irritating to the mouth and stomach. This is due to the high levels of oxalic acid in the fruit. The fruit can take up to a year to develop and ripen. When a Monstera deliciosa fruit’s base turns light green, it can be plucked from the plant.

1. Eating Monstera Deliciosa Fruit Video

This video shows how I cut the ripe fruit off my Monstera deliciosa. I eat it at the end of the video.

2. Is Monstera fruit edible?

Can you eat Monstera fruit? The fruit on Monstera deliciosa is often called tropical salad fruit because of its blend of flavors similar to pineapple, mango, and banana.

However, consuming the fruit unripe can burn your mouth and throat because it contains oxalic acid.

The fruit contains small black specks that often contain concentrated acid, and it is advised that you remove them if you are unsure about the ripeness of your fruit.

You will notice your plant will start to grow fruits once it forms a spathe and spadix. The spathe is a large flower that looks like a leaf and always surrounds the spadix, eventually turning into a fruit.

The spadix eventually develops greenish scales around the fruit once it matures. As the lower parts of the scales turn yellow, the fruit will start to ripen, but it is still not ready for plucking.

You will have to wait until the scales on the bottom of your fruit start to peel back and expose the corn-like fruit underneath it. Once the scales start to peel back, you can cut the fruit from the stem and place it into a paper bag.

3. Monstera Deliciosa fruit taste

Placing it in a paper bag will allow your fruit to ripen further. As the scales start to come off from each section, you can start eating the exposed area.

Remember to pick off any of the black dots and discard them. These black dots also contain oxalic acid that can irritate your throat and mouth.

Do not exert pressure on the rest of the scales, nor try to peel them back. The starch in the fruit needs to be converted into sugars, and only then will your fruit ripen slowly.

The fruit can be eaten once it is ripe in several ways, such as making an exotic jam. People sensitive to acidic fruits should avoid consuming Monstera Deliciosa fruit.

Monstera Deliciosa fruit is said to taste differently after each passing day. Once picked, the fruit tastes similar to guava and can taste like mangosteen on the second day.

On day three, it is said to taste like lychees. On day four, it tastes like passion fruit; by day five, it tastes like sweetsop fruit.

On day six, it tastes similar to grapefruit. By the ninth day, the fruit is said to have the perfect sweet taste and smells great.

4. How to Eat Monstera deliciosa Fruit

To eat Monstera deliciosa, you have to take off its scales. From the outside, the scales are hard but the inside is soft. The texture is a mix between a citrus fruit and a banana. The flesh is white.

You then take off the soft, inner white flesh using a scoop. You can mix the fruit flesh in a salad or eat it raw as a snack.

It tastes delicious. But I realized that if you eat it too early, it has this tingly sensation, and it feels as if a thousand needles are piercing your tongue and mouth.

5. When to pick a Monstera fruit

The Monstera fruit must be picked once the scales start falling off. When the fruit is unripe, it contains oxalate chrystals and can be poisonous. The ripening process took over a year, in my case. This is what to expect.

6. The Benefits of Monstera deliciosa Fruit

Your Monstera Deliciosa fruit has several benefits if you let it ripen up; otherwise, it can be toxic. Many people describe the taste as being a combination of banana and pineapple.

The taste of the fruit will change depending on how long you let your fruit ripen up. The more you let it ripen, the better it tastes, and you get more benefits from it as well.

• The fruit contains a large amount of Vitamin C.
• Consuming a hundred grams of this fruit will give you more than twenty-two grams of protein, lots of good carbs, Vitamin B, almost 0 fats, calcium, and phosphorus.
• Many athletes make smoothies out of Monstera Deliciosa fruit since it provides them with instant energy and stamina.
• People recovering from radiotherapy can also benefit greatly from Monstera Deliciosa fruit.

7. The Appearance of Monstera Deliciosa Fruit

The fruit is shaped like a cone and resembles a green corn cob. The fruit can grow eight inches long and two inches wide (twenty centimeters long and 5 centimeters wide) before it ripens.

The fruit is made of several cohering berries, and once it has matured, it has yellow-green hexagonal plates with violet-spotted rinds on them. The hexagonal plates cover a creamy-white and soft pulp.

8. The Swiss Cheese Plant as a Houseplant

The Swiss Cheese plant is native to Panama, Southern Mexico, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. It is one of the most favorite houseplants in the world. This indoor plant is considered mildly invasive. It grows well outside as long as you live in a tropical area.

This indoor plant can be propagated using stem cuttings or seeds. The seeds are produced once the monstera flower is pollinated.

The flower consists of a spathe and spadix. The plant belongs to the Aroid family (Araceae) and the Monstera genus. 

9. The Uses for the Swiss Cheese Plant

In countries such as Mexico and Peru, the air roots of the Cheese plant are used to weave. Root infusions are also used to relieve pain. In Martinique, the roots are even used to heal from snakebites. Monstera deliciosa fruit can also be eaten.

But you have to beware. If eaten too early, it can be toxic. Monstera plants are an ornamental plant species. Their fruits contain calcium oxalate crystals. So does the plant itself.

This causes a burning sensation when eaten. So, only eat it once it is ripe. The tropical fruit is considered ripe once the green scales fall off.

Eating the fruit too early can have adverse health effects, such as diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting.

The delicious monster fruit grows up to 12 inches long (30cm).

The scientific name of Monstera deliciosa means delicious monster because of its large leaves and delicious Monstera flower fruit.

This plant is from the Monstera genus and is known for its unique leaves with strange networks of holes.

FAQ

Please do not eat unripe fruit. It is irritating and harmful. The Monstera fruit needs to be eaten when ripe.