Ok random: I’m currently in Costa Rica, just took a walk in the mountains and came across a vaguely familiar shape...like an ear of corn, hexagonal scales, sweet scent, juicy white flesh under the easy-peel scales...I pick it up, poke around on the internet and realize I got myself a wild monstera deliciosa fruit, perfectly ripe (on the top third anyway)...I saw this video of yours 2 or so years ago and it apparently stayed in my brain long enough for the shape to catch my eye today. Thrilling discovery, tastes like pineapple, mango to my tongue. Cheers!
I saw an article in a Finnish magazine about someone whose Monstera had made a fruit (super rare this far north). Remembered this video from the photo. Educational stuff
Dopamine is associated with learning and experiencing new things. So you are being rewarded by seeing something you haven't seen before. The dopamine of trying the new taste and texture and sensation would be infinitely stronger in that moment.
I’ve tried it. In Seattle, and locally grown at that! The Volunteer Park Conservatory has several large ones, and on one of my visits that had harvested a fruit and were letting visitors sample little pieces of it. It was sweet and flavorful.
I've literally had this plant in my backyard for 23 years and seen it and its fruit never knew it was edible!! Gonna try it now and see if it has that fruit!!
I just discovered your channel and I am binge-watching all your older videos - I've heard of this fruit before, but never actually seen anyone do a detailed report on it - this was really interesting. There are a couple of little-known fruits that we have here in the UK that you might be interested to add to your list:: medlars and chequers - they're both really old-world fruits and both of them require 'bletting' before they can be eaten - so you have to store them in a cool place until some time in winter, when they become soft and palatable - they were popular in the middle ages (I guess because they would have provided a welcome taste of fruit after a lot of the fresh stuff was finished.
I lived in Queensland, Australia, and these grow everywhere as garden plants. We used to ripen and eat the fruit as you have shown. However we used to pick out the little black bits with tweezers (very time consuming) as they are "sharp" and can sting your mouth and even hands. Then we roughly mashed the fruit with a fork and ate it by the teaspoon full. It was definitely worth the trouble. The fruit is amazing and as kids, we used to refer to it as "fruit salad" plant".
Yeah right. People used to grow this as an ornamental in Sydney when I was a kid. My mum always said you could eat it but I could never figure out how or which part.
I've never bothered to pull out the black bits. Great tasting fruit. I always thought it had a creamy tangy banana taste. You just don't want to eat more than where the outside segments fall off easily. It ripens from one end down.
Also from Queensland. We would eat this using a fork. Push the fork into the ripened sections (parallel with the shaft of the fruit) and lift the sections out. Using this technique the black bits remain behind. And I agree with other comments about it being delicious in fruit salad.
For 9 years we are growing this beauties in our Florida garden .Yes, it is delicious. We have much more fruits then we are able to eat. We are selling some fruits and plants.People really enjoy it.Our plants produce big fruits and very productive . We are trying to make people more familiar with this Delicious fruit.
Aroids can be a tricky group of plants to eat. Taro is another member; the leaves of some arums are also eaten but they all require really thorough cooking. American Indians used to cook the corms of Jack-in-the-pulpit for hours to make it edible. I bit into a raw one as a kid and my tongue stung for several hours.
My parents used to grow this fruit in South East Queensland Australia, they used to refer to it as the fruit salad tree because that's how they described the flavour of the fruit. I don't remember how it tasted but I do remember eating the unripe fruit and ending up with a swollen mouth, it was so bad that I refused to eat it again
Hello Jared; this is a popular indoor plant, belong to the Arums. One can get it from Home Depot as Splitleaf Philodendron, because of the leaf patterns. The fruit also called a Ceriman. The Arums are monocots, and all of them have spadix with a spathe around it. The Ceriman Fruit plant can go as tall as 70 feet tall but to bear fruit indoor takes more than one generation. It also has some kinky cousins:)) Titan Arum, Skunk Cabbage of Alaska, Wild Calla, Jack in the Pulpit. OK, the Ceriman might not be smelly, but some can make it up for.The infusions from different parts of the plant, made by expert shamans and taltoshes can be used to heal or ease rheumatism/arthritis and bronchitis. Interesting to remember, some of the plants in retail stores are real finds, and with good care, they can surprise their owners, and teach them a lot aside keep them healthy. Could be worth to look into those garden departments the opportunity for healthy living might just be in a "birthday" flower pot.
+Angela Goodwin insightful as always, thanks for the additional information. I've seen related plants for sale for landscaping, but figured their fruits were not edible; in monstera deliciosa something you can find at home depot as well? I never heard the the name Ceriman for this fruit. Are the spadix of any of those related Arums edible? I am hesitant to eat anything from something called a "skunk cabbage" but of course you know I would if it weren't poison..
I think, so far the Ceriman is the only one, shall be eaten as fruit. The roots, tubers might be used for medical purposes, but only by experts because of their high risks. Even dry and powdered they can cause problems. For example, the wild calla in very early summer might be bearable, but never know when it turns to be a sheer terror, only takes hours and the reasonably mild touch just irritates the skin to distraction. And there is the skunk cabbage, nomen est omen:)) By the way, the real presentation of smelly Arum are the Amorphophallus titanum, known as the titan arum. Put it this way, some call it "corpse flower" other just simply get sick from the stench. Repulsive skunk lily and cabbage even the skunk itself more bearable at some point.
I thought it looked like a common house plant! My friend growing up had one in his home. His parents just put their house on the market and I knew it was them still there from the plant! Had no idea it fruited but i suspect it won't in Scotland even after a generation! Very informative post though.
@@theuglykwan Mine fruits indoor but it’s an 8 foot tall cutting of a 40 year old plant... I think they only start fruiting once their leaves get fairly huge
Iron Golem oxalic acid actually causes your kidneys to completely fail because it forms crystals which destroy the fine ducts inside your kidneys. Just a tiny, tiny bit of oxalic acid can be fine, but in large amounts... Yeah, you'll need kidney transplants.
@@iiliiliiliil3444 dont listen to these people, if you try to avoid oxalic acid in food you will be avoiding half the amount of produce there is out there. there is fine line between enjoys a delicious fruit and eating POUNDS upon pounds of said delicious fruit
Last I looked into it, there was no medical evidence that oxalic acid is bad for you, but kidney stones have been shown to contain a fair bit of oxalic acid. So the conclusion was that if you're prone to kidney stones maybe avoid eating oxalic acid, however there has never been a definitive study proving that a diet high in oxalic acid will actually cause kidney stones. As others have said it's in plenty of foods so there doesn't appear to be a need to avoid it, and if you are prone to kidney stones it seems like drinking plenty of fresh water will make more of a difference than avoiding oxalic acid, as there is some evidence that a lack of water can increase your risk of getting kidney stones.
I go to school in Fort Lauderdale, FL and these actually are planted around campus! Now I want to try one. I would have never thought these were edible
Love the review! Planted an M. deliciosa in my backyard in San Diego, and it got BIG and lowered. I was thrilled to harvest the fruit, waited patiently for the spicules to all off, loved the pineappley taste. It DID NOT AGREE WITH ME, however, and I was soon blowing it out both end, as never before in my life. Fruit it SQUAMOUS and PURGATIVE. Think "Barkeeper's Friend" on your insides. ;)
I live in South Florida and we found an area near our neighborhood that has Monstera growing wild. We were able to harvest about 20 of them. I am planning to freeze some for winter and make jam, too. My grandmother and father grew these when I was a child and loved the fruit. Once, when visiting NYC, I saw it in a market for $10.00 each. Enjoy!
Thats very lucky! I am one of the New Yorkers that buys the $10 ones, so to me you've got about $200 worth of delicious fruit there. Hope the jam making goes well!
In Australia, it is also known as Fruit Salad Plant. The ripe fruit ihas a unpleasant chalky taste when grown in warm temperate zone. We leave the fruit to rot on the ground and then they are eaten by rodents, possums, kangaroos and birds. A heavy vine with beautiful leaves.
i know the fruit! it is amazing. you can find it in spain where many people have this plant in the garden more for decoration but it is a delicacy. great video, well explained!
I would describe the flavour as a mixture of pineapple, soursop and maybe some atemoya. I’ve had it 3 times once for sale at a shack in front of a farm and I’ve foraged it twice
This is a pretty common house plant, back patio/back yard plant in Southern California. I have one at my house in Orange County, CA., that my Grandfather planted in the late 60's to early 70's in a tropical planter with a waterfall fountain that has become part of my tiki bar patio. in 2012 when i moved into the house, the large plant, that has bust through the roof of the patio and has grown across the roof, was producing maybe 3-6 fruits every 2 years, this year, 2020, it has grown 30 fruits. Thanks for making the video, because I'm giving these to friends and neighbors and some dont know how to eat it. Some markets will sell these for 15.00-20.00 each!
We have these fruit in Australia and you can find them almost everywhere backyards and national park. I have also heard that to get rid of the poison you have to put it in running water for I think 2 days or weeks.
Love this fruit. I made a mistake and tried to eat the flesh that the scales hadn't fallen off of yet, and regretted it instantly. There is a fruit seller in S. Florida (Robert Is Here) who sells them.
I moved house about a month ago and found this growing in my new garden. I recognised it from watching this video awhile ago. I am now enjoying fruit that would have otherwise gone to waste! I taste a banana flavour with the pineapple texture and fragrance.
Just found your videos today--great series!! Thanks for sharing! One question: where did you find this fruit? I know you mentioned NYC, but at a grocery store or...??
Oxalic acid is fairly digestible. In large quantities though it can be a problem for your urinary system. It becomes calcium oxalate in the kidneys to much will result in kidney stones. It’s present in plenty of foods most brassicas, chard/rhubarb, shamrock(Oxalis)/starfruit, and many more. It’s also produced by the body as metabolite can’t remember what process but i’ll find it.
I didn't see any comments about this clarification. The thing that makes the fruit dangerous to eat underipe is not just oxalic acid, it's calcium oxalate crystals that cause irritation and numbing. I've never tried this fruit, this is only what I've read and heard from people who have tried it. Calcium oxalate is common in some other plants as well.
Been eating these for years we just put them on the kitchen bench ,in a sunny spot to ripen them, we call them fruit salad plants ,they are a common house plant,stick them outside they grow really big and have fruit, we call them fruit salad plants because the fruit tastes just like fruit salad from a tin just sort of citrus y as well
My mouth is watering. My parents grew these when I was a child and, most years, I would enjoy eating a fruit over about a week as it ripened. I remember my father talking to me about this plant and its fruit ... giving its proper name (monstera deliciosa) and its common name (fruit salad plant). When I recently lost both my parents, one of the things I most wanted from their property was to harvest the fruit (about 20-30 of them) from their monstera deliciosa plant and to eat some of it while remembering them. We arrived at the house to find that some thief had come and taken the lot. I was devastated. At least, I took a root and it is growing in a pot at our home near Sydney and will soon be planted in our garden! I highly recommend this as an unusual plant that you might enjoy cultivating for its appearance and its fruit. I never saw any damage to the leaves or the fruit by insects here in Australia. The plant remained lush and green all year round ... and I think the leaves are quite attractive.
@@WeirdExplorer Thank you very much, Jared. I have been enjoying quite a number of your videos. My next one will be soursop, a fruit that I used to eat when visiting my grandparents and uncle in the Atherton Tablelands just inland from Cairns, Australia. My monstera deliciosa is thriving, even here, south of Sydney. Kind regards and best wishes for your channel and your fruit-adventures!
My grandmother had these growing as decoration along the patio. I've been seeing this fruit since I was a child, but I've never thought to try to eat it. You're gutsy. I heard its poisonous, but could be eaten in a specific way. I've never seen any bugs or birds eating this fruit.
In France we call this fruit "Banane Ananas" not really "gruyere fruit". The traduction means "pineapple banana" it reference the taste and shape of it ! :)
I have one in my front yard in Los Angeles, always thought they were just seed pods, assumed they were inedible. Little did I know I had a delicious rare fruit! Been enjoying them for a few years now. Pretty rad.
We've a family member of Mostera deliciosa in the PNW. It's called skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum). It smells somewhat lake a skunk and is loaded with oxalic acid. It grows in bogs. I'm pretty sure no part of it is edible but I consider them to be beautiful.
I cant believe how many times I came across this fruit without knowing it was edible (and delicious apparently)! BTW oxalic acid + malic acid is what makes rhubarb tart, but the concentration is low so poisoning is rare
When I lived in Miami I had a Monstera Deliciosa that bloomed, looked a bit like a large Calla Lily. But it was greenish instead of white and also reminded me a bit of a Jack-in-the-pulpit. Saw it drop the little hexagon-shaped gamer dice, and decided, nope, bad roll, looks poisonous to me and never thought of trying it. Very good video!
I crop this one in my yard, and it is my second favorite fruit ever (the first one being Butia odorata, of course). M. deliciosa is native from Central America, but there is a relative of it native here in South of South America that we call 'Imbé banana" (Philodendron bipinnatifidum) that has a similar fruit but with a completely different taste. I crop both here, but I prefer M. deliciosa. Uh, I... I just wanted to tell you this. Because. XD
lol years later, --I just got a Monstera Deliciosa plant a few days ago. I didn't know it actually flowered, let alone made a fruit. But I guess my potted one needs to grow huge before that happens --it's a decent size as is, but judging from the size of that fruit, my plant needs to grow quite a bit to support that.
V Verde they are plentiful on Madeira this time of the year. I just bought one from a stall in Portela and I have seen them in Funchal on the market. Eveline
Pico Island Azores Portugal - land of hydrangeas grows almost any fruit including the Filodendro. Growing up on Pico island we had these a very interesting plant, grows on rock piles and crawls up stone walls with big roots that grab onto the rocks and goes into the ground etc. The cover that the fruit grows inside is the flower which eventually opens up to reveal the fruit and as children we used to wear these outside part as hats/helmets. I just had some supplement that reminded me of the taste and contacted my cousin back on Pico to get the proper name and found some of these videos... wow memories Next time i go to Florida i want to bring some up, as a novelty plant; maybe it will take off like we Azoreans did with hydrangeas back in the 70s almost all Portuguese had them in their gardens - now they are everywhere - on Pico they mostly very vivid blue on the natural soils, but can grow every color depending on soil content... Come discover the Land of Discoveries - Portugal
I got started with your newer videos, but I love the use of old low-fidelity music from 70's horror films in your older videos. Reminds me of some of the 'weird movie nights' I used to have with my friends. I didn't recognize this one, but I instantly recognized the theme from Cannibal Holocaust from another of yours. Probably not on-brand to use in your work, but I've always really dug a lot of soundtracks from that era, particularly Goblin's work on Dario Argento's films.
At Harbor College Wilmington, CA (City of Los Angeles) there was a huge Monstera deliciosa that was covered with this fruit. If I had known the fruit was edible and how to get it ripened I would have taken some home because NOBODY was harvesting any of it. The area was sheltered from high winds and the plants got 50% sun : 50% shade.
While living in Medellin I saw these plants growing everywhere, and even photographed some of the weird looking “stalks” (which I now know are fruits) without having a clue what it was or that it was edible. I just figured it was an ornamental plant, because that’s how they use it. I wish I’d known! I could have tried it.
Just to let you know,I also grow the variegated relative, Monstera borgiana. It too makes fruit that are sweet only...the exterior of the fruit and stem are also a swirl variegation. Kind of showy too.
Oh man! I've always loved this plant. It's a very popular house plant in the US and I've long envied the people that have them. I'm currently fostering a cat that terrorizes plants so big house plants like the Monstera Deliciosa are out of the question, but now I want one even more having learned that they produce strange and delicious fruit! One of these days.
What's the music from in the beginning? I tried to use SoundHound but the app couldn't find it. It's something I've heard before I just can't place it. I've been bingeing your stuff lately. :)
Oxalic acid is also present in rhubarb (VERY common in Germany), spinach and Swiss chard for example. If your calcium metabolism is messed up, steer clear of it! Heat breaks oxalis acid down but only to a certain extend.
Always eat this fruit sparingly as not only can it be laxative, its acidity can leave you feeling like you've been licking the skin of a prickly pear! Ouch! Also, differing varieties ripen in other ways... the fruits from my Zimbabwean garden philodendron did not 'peel'. Rather, the whole thing began 'spreading' from top down in the same manner of a ripening pinecone, whereupon you would pull off individual hexagons of the skin, each coming loose with the edible fruit part attaching, just to be nibbled off.
That's not the acidity but the calcium oxalate crystals which "stab" the oral mucosa and the tongue when the fruit isn't fully ripe. You get the same feeling when eating undercooked taro.
As soon as I found out Monstera Deliciosa produced edible fruit, I came straight to your channel to see if you had a review of what it tastes like, and you do!
Fantastic! Thank you very much! You should sell seeds on eBay! ;) Just in my opinion fruit should be in upright position in oder to ripen more evenly, thus a jar.
+Top Ah that makes sense! As for seeds, I don't get enough from the amount of fruit I get to make it worth the time to sell them. I did start offering them as a perk on my Patreon page though, so far no takers. :P
+Gary Cooper Sure! I don't doubt that it exists in other plants. I think its pretty interesting how many foods we eat have small amounts of poison in them.
Also, obviously, Oxalis, from which the acid gets its name. Often called Wood Sorrel, a few leaves in a salad will add a lemony tang. The plump roots are also edible.
Such an amazing flavor! I love it. I'd describe it as a combination of cherimoya/pineapple/jackfruit and bananas - minus any of the foulness of jackfruit. Try it!!!
A popular houseplant in Europe. I suppose that under the right conditions one could get a Monsteria to fruit in colder climes. Maybe in warm greenhouse or conservatory.
Not sure if I commented this already but I had this fruit many years ago. Somebody I know brought it from portugal. I swear this tasted exactly like Wrigleys Juicy Fruit chewing gum.
I know the music is from a giallo but I can't remember which one. I thought Case of the Bloody Iris, but... took me all night until I found it: Fulci's Black Cat!!
i love ur videos :) i like exotic fruits as well but i don't go much to find them but we have safeway here that gets some but not alot :\ i live in oregon. I ain't mobile much. inhome hermit most days.
Monstera is the genus, deliciosa is the species. I've grown these and one of the other species, with much smaller, narrower leaves. They're tough to flower/fruit in a living room in London, but maybe not impossible, given adequate temperature and sunlight.
I grew up with these all over my garden. They take what feels like forever to ripen and I'd track their growth carefully as a child. Those little black bits are evil - I'd eventually just put all the segments into a pasta strainer and rinse them off.
yeah pinacolada is a good description, creamy sweet pineapple. I only had one and loved it, I tried cleaning the dirt specs off that was my only complaint.
There are other large split leaf varieties of philodendron that do not produce edible fruit. I waited in one and the "fruit" it produced is horrible! Make sure you buy the Monstera deliciosa. Was just given delicious fruit and your video is great. Very informative for someone who's never eaten this fruit. Thank you!
I have eaten this a few times. Very common in Parts of australia. Can be a pest. We call it a fruit salad fruit because it tastes like a combination of things. I've had the impression that it has a slightly intoxicating affect. I'm not the only one who's noticed this. Can confirm unripe parts are super unpleasant/Painful like eating razorblades. haha
Where did you find that fruit? I've been trying to find one for a long time now. Only time I came across it was in Colombia. A lot of parks have those plants EVERYWHERE!!
Oxal acid from fruit won't burn you, it's not concentrated (otherwise the fruit itself would disolve). The problem with oxalates from food is that they form undisolvable salts with minerals in intestines wich reduces absorption of minerals (Ca, Mg..) from food.
Ok random: I’m currently in Costa Rica, just took a walk in the mountains and came across a vaguely familiar shape...like an ear of corn, hexagonal scales, sweet scent, juicy white flesh under the easy-peel scales...I pick it up, poke around on the internet and realize I got myself a wild monstera deliciosa fruit, perfectly ripe (on the top third anyway)...I saw this video of yours 2 or so years ago and it apparently stayed in my brain long enough for the shape to catch my eye today. Thrilling discovery, tastes like pineapple, mango to my tongue. Cheers!
Nice find!
I had it un Hawaii. Let it ripen. Harvesting a little at a time. Delicious.
I saw an article in a Finnish magazine about someone whose Monstera had made a fruit (super rare this far north). Remembered this video from the photo. Educational stuff
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I have them in my front yard but I would just throw them away since I didn’t know it was a fruit
Who would have thought I'd find such joy in watching a man eat fruit I'll probably never get to
Dopamine is associated with learning and experiencing new things. So you are being rewarded by seeing something you haven't seen before. The dopamine of trying the new taste and texture and sensation would be infinitely stronger in that moment.
husbandsatwork if you like dopaminen you should really try cocaine. It gives you a hell of a dopamine rush.
Try miamifruit, they're based in florida and they ship a good deal of the stuff on this channel
I’ve tried it. In Seattle, and locally grown at that! The Volunteer Park Conservatory has several large ones, and on one of my visits that had harvested a fruit and were letting visitors sample little pieces of it. It was sweet and flavorful.
@@kilian8250 nah, molly
I've literally had this plant in my backyard for 23 years and seen it and its fruit never knew it was edible!! Gonna try it now and see if it has that fruit!!
I'm in the exact same situation
Lucky bloody people
Jheeze! I'm in the UK heading into winter
Well jeal 😋😆😋
Peace
Thats sad, so much rare fruit wasted. I always look forward to eating mine.
You still alive?
I just discovered your channel and I am binge-watching all your older videos - I've heard of this fruit before, but never actually seen anyone do a detailed report on it - this was really interesting.
There are a couple of little-known fruits that we have here in the UK that you might be interested to add to your list:: medlars and chequers - they're both really old-world fruits and both of them require 'bletting' before they can be eaten - so you have to store them in a cool place until some time in winter, when they become soft and palatable - they were popular in the middle ages (I guess because they would have provided a welcome taste of fruit after a lot of the fresh stuff was finished.
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I lived in Queensland, Australia, and these grow everywhere as garden plants. We used to ripen and eat the fruit as you have shown. However we used to pick out the little black bits with tweezers (very time consuming) as they are "sharp" and can sting your mouth and even hands. Then we roughly mashed the fruit with a fork and ate it by the teaspoon full. It was definitely worth the trouble. The fruit is amazing and as kids, we used to refer to it as "fruit salad" plant".
Thats a nice memory :) I gave up picking out the black bits and just dealt with it. It was a little stingy, but not in a intolerable way/
That stinging thing deters me from trying it. Could you put them in water and a colander to wash them away?
Yeah right. People used to grow this as an ornamental in Sydney when I was a kid. My mum always said you could eat it but I could never figure out how or which part.
I've never bothered to pull out the black bits. Great tasting fruit. I always thought it had a creamy tangy banana taste. You just don't want to eat more than where the outside segments fall off easily. It ripens from one end down.
Also from Queensland. We would eat this using a fork. Push the fork into the ripened sections (parallel with the shaft of the fruit) and lift the sections out. Using this technique the black bits remain behind.
And I agree with other comments about it being delicious in fruit salad.
For 9 years we are growing this beauties in our Florida garden .Yes, it is delicious. We have much more fruits then we are able to eat. We are selling some fruits and plants.People really enjoy it.Our plants produce big fruits and very productive . We are trying to make people more familiar with this Delicious fruit.
how much do you sell it for. is there a demand for it?
john do bruh I’m on winter break I want to forget about school for a bit. But You bring up economics🤦🏾♀️
Did you selling or sending in Iceland
Anatoli Koss I would love this! Are you still selling? And do you sell to the states?
I'm in Daytona Beach, FL! Where in Florida are you? Do you have an Albo Monstera Plant, I'm looking for a cutting
Oxalic acid is the same type as is in Starfruit (Carambola). If your doctor says you can't eat those, don't eat these either.
Also rhubarb
Also spinach in small amounts
This fruit looks prehistoric, I'd imagine this is what plants' fruit would look like when dinosaurs were roaming the earth.
Dinosaurs aren’t real
Aroids can be a tricky group of plants to eat. Taro is another member; the leaves of some arums are also eaten but they all require really thorough cooking. American Indians used to cook the corms of Jack-in-the-pulpit for hours to make it edible. I bit into a raw one as a kid and my tongue stung for several hours.
My parents used to grow this fruit in South East Queensland Australia, they used to refer to it as the fruit salad tree because that's how they described the flavour of the fruit. I don't remember how it tasted but I do remember eating the unripe fruit and ending up with a swollen mouth, it was so bad that I refused to eat it again
Hello Jared; this is a popular indoor plant, belong to the Arums. One can get it from Home Depot as Splitleaf Philodendron, because of the leaf patterns. The fruit also called a Ceriman. The Arums are monocots, and all of them have spadix with a spathe around it. The Ceriman Fruit plant can go as tall as 70 feet tall but to bear fruit indoor takes more than one generation. It also has some kinky cousins:)) Titan Arum, Skunk Cabbage of Alaska, Wild Calla, Jack in the Pulpit. OK, the Ceriman might not be smelly, but some can make it up for.The infusions from different parts of the plant, made by expert shamans and taltoshes can be used to heal or ease rheumatism/arthritis and bronchitis. Interesting to remember, some of the plants in retail stores are real finds, and with good care, they can surprise their owners, and teach them a lot aside keep them healthy. Could be worth to look into those garden departments the opportunity for healthy living might just be in a "birthday" flower pot.
+Angela Goodwin insightful as always, thanks for the additional information. I've seen related plants for sale for landscaping, but figured their fruits were not edible; in monstera deliciosa something you can find at home depot as well?
I never heard the the name Ceriman for this fruit.
Are the spadix of any of those related Arums edible? I am hesitant to eat anything from something called a "skunk cabbage" but of course you know I would if it weren't poison..
I think, so far the Ceriman is the only one, shall be eaten as fruit. The roots, tubers might be used for medical purposes, but only by experts because of their high risks. Even dry and powdered they can cause problems. For example, the wild calla in very early summer might be bearable, but never know when it turns to be a sheer terror, only takes hours and the reasonably mild touch just irritates the skin to distraction. And there is the skunk cabbage, nomen est omen:)) By the way, the real presentation of smelly Arum are the Amorphophallus titanum, known as the titan arum. Put it this way, some call it "corpse flower" other just simply get sick from the stench. Repulsive skunk lily and cabbage even the skunk itself more bearable at some point.
I thought it looked like a common house plant! My friend growing up had one in his home. His parents just put their house on the market and I knew it was them still there from the plant! Had no idea it fruited but i suspect it won't in Scotland even after a generation!
Very informative post though.
@@theuglykwan Mine fruits indoor but it’s an 8 foot tall cutting of a 40 year old plant... I think they only start fruiting once their leaves get fairly huge
If I recall correctly, oxalic acid is also bad for people that are prone to kidney and bladder stones.
Iron Golem oxalic acid actually causes your kidneys to completely fail because it forms crystals which destroy the fine ducts inside your kidneys. Just a tiny, tiny bit of oxalic acid can be fine, but in large amounts... Yeah, you'll need kidney transplants.
khaoliang I guess I'm not eating this fruit...
@@iiliiliiliil3444 dont listen to these people, if you try to avoid oxalic acid in food you will be avoiding half the amount of produce there is out there. there is fine line between enjoys a delicious fruit and eating POUNDS upon pounds of said delicious fruit
khaoliang Cabbage, broccoli, chocolate, rhubarb and coffee all contain oxalic acid
Last I looked into it, there was no medical evidence that oxalic acid is bad for you, but kidney stones have been shown to contain a fair bit of oxalic acid. So the conclusion was that if you're prone to kidney stones maybe avoid eating oxalic acid, however there has never been a definitive study proving that a diet high in oxalic acid will actually cause kidney stones. As others have said it's in plenty of foods so there doesn't appear to be a need to avoid it, and if you are prone to kidney stones it seems like drinking plenty of fresh water will make more of a difference than avoiding oxalic acid, as there is some evidence that a lack of water can increase your risk of getting kidney stones.
I go to school in Fort Lauderdale, FL and these actually are planted around campus! Now I want to try one. I would have never thought these were edible
Same I have them in the forest around my school and some grow through the fence
Have u seen them fruit?
One time I took one home and it's really good but I didn't know what it was so I looked online if it was safe and then got to this video lol
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Did you know it was a fruit when you took it home? I'd have just thought it was similar to a pine cone!
Pine cones are a "fruit" as well, that is, they are the seed-bearing organ of conifers.
Even though the plant is called "deliciosa" I never pieced together that you could eat it. I just thought it was a funny name.
Love the review! Planted an M. deliciosa in my backyard in San Diego, and it got BIG and lowered. I was thrilled to harvest the fruit, waited patiently for the spicules to all off, loved the pineappley taste. It DID NOT AGREE WITH ME, however, and I was soon blowing it out both end, as never before in my life. Fruit it SQUAMOUS and PURGATIVE. Think "Barkeeper's Friend" on your insides. ;)
+mark miner Hahaha, sorry Mark! Its definitely one to take in moderation
And Barkeeper's Friend also has oxalic acid in it (maybe you were alluding to that).
I live in South Florida and we found an area near our neighborhood that has Monstera growing wild. We were able to harvest about 20 of them. I am planning to freeze some for winter and make jam, too. My grandmother and father grew these when I was a child and loved the fruit. Once, when visiting NYC, I saw it in a market for $10.00 each. Enjoy!
Thats very lucky! I am one of the New Yorkers that buys the $10 ones, so to me you've got about $200 worth of delicious fruit there. Hope the jam making goes well!
I would be more than happy to mail some your way. i will be going out to harvest more in a few weeks. There are 100's of them.
always happy to get my hands on some weird fruit :) you can email me at contortionjared@hotmail.com and we can work it out. Thanks!
In Australia, it is also known as Fruit Salad Plant. The ripe fruit ihas a unpleasant chalky taste when grown in warm temperate zone. We leave the fruit to rot on the ground and then they are eaten by rodents, possums, kangaroos and birds. A heavy vine with beautiful leaves.
I give you the respect you deserve for sharing these fruits with us.
I had a delicious monster at my old house. I used to eat the fruit regularly. I would describe the taste as pina-colada with a hint of strawberry.
I had this in Florida, and my wife up until this moment forgot about it and accused me of making it up! Thanks for solving the mystery :)
i know the fruit! it is amazing. you can find it in spain where many people have this plant in the garden more for decoration but it is a delicacy. great video, well explained!
Yes, it's popular in landscaping. I bet a lot of people don't realize you can eat it
yes it really doesn`t look like it, but when it starts to open it smells really good such a weird fruit
I would describe the flavour as a mixture of pineapple, soursop and maybe some atemoya. I’ve had it 3 times once for sale at a shack in front of a farm and I’ve foraged it twice
well my insides are gonna be rust free
3:18 good thing the plant came with instructions! XD
Very strange fruit, never tasted it.
+J Smith Yeah for sure. If you ate this thing wrong you'd be in trouble.
This is a pretty common house plant, back patio/back yard plant in Southern California. I have one at my house in Orange County, CA., that my Grandfather planted in the late 60's to early 70's in a tropical planter with a waterfall fountain that has become part of my tiki bar patio. in 2012 when i moved into the house, the large plant, that has bust through the roof of the patio and has grown across the roof, was producing maybe 3-6 fruits every 2 years, this year, 2020, it has grown 30 fruits. Thanks for making the video, because I'm giving these to friends and neighbors and some dont know how to eat it. Some markets will sell these for 15.00-20.00 each!
We have these fruit in Australia and you can find them almost everywhere backyards and national park. I have also heard that to get rid of the poison you have to put it in running water for I think 2 days or weeks.
Love this fruit. I made a mistake and tried to eat the flesh that the scales hadn't fallen off of yet, and regretted it instantly.
There is a fruit seller in S. Florida (Robert Is Here) who sells them.
What happened?
yeah what happened, now i need to know
I've eaten too early also. It causes a prickly burn and lasts a long time. On the other hand, it's sooooo good when ripe.
Duuude, continue the story
I moved house about a month ago and found this growing in my new garden. I recognised it from watching this video awhile ago. I am now enjoying fruit that would have otherwise gone to waste! I taste a banana flavour with the pineapple texture and fragrance.
Just found your videos today--great series!! Thanks for sharing!
One question: where did you find this fruit? I know you mentioned NYC, but at a grocery store or...??
yep, I got it at a little Natural Food market near St Marks Place, don't recall the name.
You were ahead of the times. Who would’ve thought that in 2022, this fruit would get hyped up.
its like a fukn inverse corn on the cob woah.
it even goes old looking in bits like a corn on the cob whoah
Woah
whoahhahahh yasss :P
Dr Philosophous lol
Dr Philosophous you high?
Whoa!! Are you Joey from the show Blossom from the 90's?! Whoa!
They are grown a lot in Sydney Australia, but they rarely fruit. When they do apparently they are often full of cockroaches, according to my mother :/
Oxalic acid is fairly digestible. In large quantities though it can be a problem for your urinary system. It becomes calcium oxalate in the kidneys to much will result in kidney stones. It’s present in plenty of foods most brassicas, chard/rhubarb, shamrock(Oxalis)/starfruit, and many more. It’s also produced by the body as metabolite can’t remember what process but i’ll find it.
I didn't see any comments about this clarification. The thing that makes the fruit dangerous to eat underipe is not just oxalic acid, it's calcium oxalate crystals that cause irritation and numbing. I've never tried this fruit, this is only what I've read and heard from people who have tried it. Calcium oxalate is common in some other plants as well.
this is pretty neat we have this growing in our frint yard and my bother and i use to say how it looked like corn. happy to know what it is now
I grew up in Queensland, Australia and we had these growing in the back yard.
Been eating these for years we just put them on the kitchen bench ,in a sunny spot to ripen them, we call them fruit salad plants ,they are a common house plant,stick them outside they grow really big and have fruit, we call them fruit salad plants because the fruit tastes just like fruit salad from a tin just sort of citrus y as well
Its 2020.. I really like your content. I especially liked the series on the coco de mer, fascinating stuff, thank you.
I finally found it on the island of Madeira, me and my gf were completely amazed at this amazing tasting fruit
My mouth is watering.
My parents grew these when I was a child and, most years, I would enjoy eating a fruit over about a week as it ripened.
I remember my father talking to me about this plant and its fruit ... giving its proper name (monstera deliciosa) and its common name (fruit salad plant).
When I recently lost both my parents, one of the things I most wanted from their property was to harvest the fruit (about 20-30 of them) from their monstera deliciosa plant and to eat some of it while remembering them. We arrived at the house to find that some thief had come and taken the lot. I was devastated.
At least, I took a root and it is growing in a pot at our home near Sydney and will soon be planted in our garden!
I highly recommend this as an unusual plant that you might enjoy cultivating for its appearance and its fruit. I never saw any damage to the leaves or the fruit by insects here in Australia. The plant remained lush and green all year round ... and I think the leaves are quite attractive.
Thanks for sharing. I hope that your plant grows well for you.
@@WeirdExplorer Thank you very much, Jared. I have been enjoying quite a number of your videos. My next one will be soursop, a fruit that I used to eat when visiting my grandparents and uncle in the Atherton Tablelands just inland from Cairns, Australia.
My monstera deliciosa is thriving, even here, south of Sydney.
Kind regards and best wishes for your channel and your fruit-adventures!
My grandmother had these growing as decoration along the patio. I've been seeing this fruit since I was a child, but I've never thought to try to eat it. You're gutsy. I heard its poisonous, but could be eaten in a specific way. I've never seen any bugs or birds eating this fruit.
Yeah most important thing is to make sure its ripe. Otherwise its like eating broken glass.
I love the intro music I feel like I’m about to expereince an 80’s think piece movie
It is actually from a movie of the 70s era- Black Cat (or something like that- correct me if I am mistaken)
In France we call this fruit "Banane Ananas" not really "gruyere fruit". The traduction means "pineapple banana" it reference the taste and shape of it ! :)
almost like the Boney M song
GeneralArmorus i guess so :0
out of all the videos in this series imo this is the most bizarre one. it's like something from another planet
Yeah these are very odd. Just the ripening process alone is bizarre
I have one in my front yard in Los Angeles, always thought they were just seed pods, assumed they were inedible. Little did I know I had a delicious rare fruit! Been enjoying them for a few years now. Pretty rad.
We've a family member of Mostera deliciosa in the PNW. It's called skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanum). It smells somewhat lake a skunk and is loaded with oxalic acid. It grows in bogs. I'm pretty sure no part of it is edible but I consider them to be beautiful.
Wow, what an alien looking fruit! The hexagons!
I think it tastes like about 20 different fruits together....like an amazing fruit salad. It attracts fruit flies if left open when ripe.
The opening of this video feels like a 80s mini-series.
I cant believe how many times I came across this fruit without knowing it was edible (and delicious apparently)!
BTW oxalic acid + malic acid is what makes rhubarb tart, but the concentration is low so poisoning is rare
When I lived in Miami I had a Monstera Deliciosa that bloomed, looked a bit like a large Calla Lily. But it was greenish instead of white and also reminded me a bit of a Jack-in-the-pulpit. Saw it drop the little hexagon-shaped gamer dice, and decided, nope, bad roll, looks poisonous to me and never thought of trying it. Very good video!
Nowadays monstera deliciosa is a popular house plant, but houseplant keepers rarely get to see them produce a fruit. No idea they were edible though
I crop this one in my yard, and it is my second favorite fruit ever (the first one being Butia odorata, of course). M. deliciosa is native from Central America, but there is a relative of it native here in South of South America that we call 'Imbé banana" (Philodendron bipinnatifidum) that has a similar fruit but with a completely different taste. I crop both here, but I prefer M. deliciosa.
Uh, I... I just wanted to tell you this. Because. XD
my grandfather used to grow these! i love them
lol years later, --I just got a Monstera Deliciosa plant a few days ago. I didn't know it actually flowered, let alone made a fruit. But I guess my potted one needs to grow huge before that happens --it's a decent size as is, but judging from the size of that fruit, my plant needs to grow quite a bit to support that.
I've had this years ago, somebody I know brought it from portugal. I really think this tastes like Juicy Fruit Bubble Gum
i just picked one from jardim da estrela in lisbon today
V Verde they are plentiful on Madeira this time of the year. I just bought one from a stall in Portela and I have seen them in Funchal on the market. Eveline
Pico Island Azores Portugal - land of hydrangeas grows almost any fruit including the Filodendro.
Growing up on Pico island we had these a very interesting plant, grows on rock piles and crawls up stone walls with big roots that grab onto the rocks and goes into the ground etc. The cover that the fruit grows inside is the flower which eventually opens up to reveal the fruit and as children we used to wear these outside part as hats/helmets. I just had some supplement that reminded me of the taste and contacted my cousin back on Pico to get the proper name and found some of these videos... wow memories
Next time i go to Florida i want to bring some up, as a novelty plant; maybe it will take off like we Azoreans did with hydrangeas back in the 70s almost all Portuguese had them in their gardens - now they are everywhere - on Pico they mostly very vivid blue on the natural soils, but can grow every color depending on soil content...
Come discover the Land of Discoveries - Portugal
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Interesting name - my nativity place is Valeverde, Pico Azores Portugal.
I got started with your newer videos, but I love the use of old low-fidelity music from 70's horror films in your older videos. Reminds me of some of the 'weird movie nights' I used to have with my friends. I didn't recognize this one, but I instantly recognized the theme from Cannibal Holocaust from another of yours. Probably not on-brand to use in your work, but I've always really dug a lot of soundtracks from that era, particularly Goblin's work on Dario Argento's films.
At Harbor College Wilmington, CA (City of Los Angeles) there was a huge Monstera deliciosa that was covered with this fruit. If I had known the fruit was edible and how to get it ripened I would have taken some home because NOBODY was harvesting any of it. The area was sheltered from high winds and the plants got 50% sun : 50% shade.
While living in Medellin I saw these plants growing everywhere, and even photographed some of the weird looking “stalks” (which I now know are fruits) without having a clue what it was or that it was edible. I just figured it was an ornamental plant, because that’s how they use it. I wish I’d known! I could have tried it.
Did anyone notice the scream at 8:41 ?
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I didn't and now afterwards I don't understand how I missed it
Who died
Ancient comment, but im pretty sure it's because his backing track is from Cannibal Holocaust, an old horror movie
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Looks like something they'd discontinue from a Bad Dragon.
Just to let you know,I also grow the variegated relative, Monstera borgiana. It too makes fruit that are sweet only...the exterior of the fruit and stem are also a swirl variegation. Kind of showy too.
it grows all over, on the big island of hawaii. we use the leaves for decorations for hula tourniments, may day, etc,etc...didnt no u could eat it
In Bermuda we call Monsterra..Locust n Wid Honey..it grows all over and we rest them in a plate..Banana Strawberry n Pineapple taste.
We had one of these in our garden growing up! But was always pronounced Mon-steer-io Delici-oso. Sounds more exotic although probably not correct 🤣
my 30 + year old split leaf has 2 fruits growing on it. I thought it was a bloom, but watched your video and learned what it was. Wow!! Thanks
+Ann Motley Glad to help! Hope you like them!
Oh man! I've always loved this plant. It's a very popular house plant in the US and I've long envied the people that have them. I'm currently fostering a cat that terrorizes plants so big house plants like the Monstera Deliciosa are out of the question, but now I want one even more having learned that they produce strange and delicious fruit! One of these days.
What's the music from in the beginning? I tried to use SoundHound but the app couldn't find it. It's something I've heard before I just can't place it. I've been bingeing your stuff lately. :)
Oxalic acid is also present in rhubarb (VERY common in Germany), spinach and Swiss chard for example. If your calcium metabolism is messed up, steer clear of it! Heat breaks oxalis acid down but only to a certain extend.
Always eat this fruit sparingly as not only can it be laxative, its acidity can leave you feeling like you've been licking the skin of a prickly pear! Ouch!
Also, differing varieties ripen in other ways... the fruits from my Zimbabwean garden philodendron did not 'peel'. Rather, the whole thing began 'spreading' from top down in the same manner of a ripening pinecone, whereupon you would pull off individual hexagons of the skin, each coming loose with the edible fruit part attaching, just to be nibbled off.
interesting
That's not the acidity but the calcium oxalate crystals which "stab" the oral mucosa and the tongue when the fruit isn't fully ripe. You get the same feeling when eating undercooked taro.
I grow these in my yard in San Diego. They get warm to the touch at night as they ripen. I Haven't eaten one yet.
As soon as I found out Monstera Deliciosa produced edible fruit, I came straight to your channel to see if you had a review of what it tastes like, and you do!
Fantastic! Thank you very much! You should sell seeds on eBay! ;) Just in my opinion fruit should be in upright position in oder to ripen more evenly, thus a jar.
+Top Ah that makes sense! As for seeds, I don't get enough from the amount of fruit I get to make it worth the time to sell them. I did start offering them as a perk on my Patreon page though, so far no takers. :P
Another Great Video. Thank You. Happy Ground Hog Day! ☺
Many other foods contain oxalic acid-- spinach, sorrel, and beet greens, for example.As always, poison is a matter of dosage.
+Gary Cooper Oxalic acid has a very sour taste, so it's not like you'll eat something high in oxalic acid without knowing it.
+Gary Cooper Sure! I don't doubt that it exists in other plants. I think its pretty interesting how many foods we eat have small amounts of poison in them.
Also, obviously, Oxalis, from which the acid gets its name. Often called Wood Sorrel, a few leaves in a salad will add a lemony tang. The plump roots are also edible.
I came for the fruit video, but ended up liking the intro song. What is the name of the song? I tried Siri checking and it was not found.
Such an amazing flavor! I love it. I'd describe it as a combination of cherimoya/pineapple/jackfruit and bananas - minus any of the foulness of jackfruit. Try it!!!
good description of the flavor 👌
A popular houseplant in Europe. I suppose that under the right conditions one could get a Monsteria to fruit in colder climes. Maybe in warm greenhouse or conservatory.
Not sure if I commented this already but I had this fruit many years ago. Somebody I know brought it from portugal. I swear this tasted exactly like Wrigleys Juicy Fruit chewing gum.
we used to say it was the fruit salad fruit. tastes a bit like fruit salad.
The expression on his face when he first tasted it is so honest..that fruit has to be delicious.
I know the music is from a giallo but I can't remember which one. I thought Case of the Bloody Iris, but... took me all night until I found it: Fulci's Black Cat!!
Good sleuthing!
i love ur videos :) i like exotic fruits as well but i don't go much to find them but we have safeway here that gets some but not alot :\ i live in oregon. I ain't mobile much. inhome hermit most days.
Monstera is the genus, deliciosa is the species.
I've grown these and one of the other species, with much smaller, narrower leaves.
They're tough to flower/fruit in a living room in London, but maybe not impossible, given adequate temperature and sunlight.
The fruit version of “IM NOT READY YET!!!”
I grew up with these all over my garden. They take what feels like forever to ripen and I'd track their growth carefully as a child. Those little black bits are evil - I'd eventually just put all the segments into a pasta strainer and rinse them off.
yeah pinacolada is a good description, creamy sweet pineapple. I only had one and loved it, I tried cleaning the dirt specs off that was my only complaint.
There are other large split leaf varieties of philodendron that do not produce edible fruit.
I waited in one and the "fruit" it produced is horrible!
Make sure you buy the Monstera deliciosa.
Was just given delicious fruit and your video is great. Very informative for someone who's never eaten this fruit.
Thank you!
thanks Paula!
I have eaten this a few times. Very common in Parts of australia. Can be a pest. We call it a fruit salad fruit because it tastes like a combination of things. I've had the impression that it has a slightly intoxicating affect. I'm not the only one who's noticed this. Can confirm unripe parts are super unpleasant/Painful like eating razorblades. haha
Where did you find that fruit? I've been trying to find one for a long time now. Only time I came across it was in Colombia. A lot of parks have those plants EVERYWHERE!!
oxalic acid is not dangerous in small amounts, and is actually good for you, and it is found in every single plant.
Thank you! If I ever find myself "Shipwrecked" on a deserted island, I now know "what" I can eat and "how and "when" to eat it!
P.S. Thank you "SecondaryMetabolite." and "bronzerat012
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"Just imagine what something that removes rust could do to your insides" *sips coke*
I grow this as a houseplants. They grow fast and huge but they rarely flower and fruit indoors
Thank you for all your efforts. This is a really useful public service. Great content, and very useful. :)
Just learned scrolling through Wikipedia that this had an edible fruit, immediately came her to see if you had reviewed it!
This plant is common on gardens here in Brazil.
Interesting I had no idea... those grew all over my yard in Florida...
Oxal acid from fruit won't burn you, it's not concentrated (otherwise the fruit itself would disolve). The problem with oxalates from food is that they form undisolvable salts with minerals in intestines wich reduces absorption of minerals (Ca, Mg..) from food.
I actually grew up with these plants in our garden, never knew it was edible. I'm from South Africa.