[1][2] It grows in wet tropical habitats below 1,600 meters (5,200 ft).

[3] Like many others in its genus, like Monstera dubia, the plant starts life on the forest floor and then climbs tree trunks in a shingling fashion with leaves tightly appressed to the surface of the trunk.

When it reaches a sufficient height, the leaf morphology dramatically changes to pinnate in nature.

The name of the species, which means "thin" in Latin, refers to the juvenile leaves.

[3] Media related to Monstera tenuis at Wikimedia Commons This Araceae-related article is a stub.