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!

Who would have thought I'd find such joy in watching a man eat fruit I'll probably never get to

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".

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.

This fruit looks prehistoric, I'd imagine this is what plants' fruit would look like when dinosaurs were roaming the earth.

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.

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

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.

If I recall correctly, oxalic acid is also bad for people that are prone to kidney and bladder 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

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 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!

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.

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. ;)

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 give you the respect you deserve for sharing these fruits with us.

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!

well my insides are gonna be rust free

Check out my Atlas Obscura article about Monstera deliciosa: www.atlasobscura.com/foods/monstera-deliciosa-swiss-cheese-plant

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

3:18 good thing the plant came with instructions! XD Very strange fruit, never tasted it.

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!

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.

I finally found it on the island of Madeira, me and my gf were completely amazed at this amazing tasting fruit

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 :/

You were ahead of the times. Who would’ve thought that in 2022, this fruit would get hyped up.

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.

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.

Did anyone notice the scream at 8:41 ?

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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 grew up in Queensland, Australia and we had these growing in the back yard.

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

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

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

we used to say it was the fruit salad fruit. tastes a bit like fruit salad.

I love the intro music I feel like I’m about to expereince an 80’s think piece movie

Its 2020.. I really like your content. I especially liked the series on the coco de mer, fascinating stuff, thank you.

Wow, what an alien looking fruit! The hexagons!

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!

oxalic acid is not dangerous in small amounts, and is actually good for you, and it is found in every single plant.

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 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.

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!

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 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.

my grandfather used to grow these! i love them

Many other foods contain oxalic acid-- spinach, sorrel, and beet greens, for example.As always, poison is a matter of dosage.

That looks like corn but with the graphics turned all the way down

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.

its like a fukn inverse corn on the cob woah. it even goes old looking in bits like a corn on the cob whoah

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.

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.

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

The theme music makes this video seem really old. It's like 80's "these are The Days of Our Lives".

out of all the videos in this series imo this is the most bizarre one. it's like something from another planet

"Just imagine what something that removes rust could do to your insides" *sips coke*

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!!

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.

oxalic acid is also in spinach...

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 🤣

I grow this as a houseplants. They grow fast and huge but they rarely flower and fruit indoors

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.

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.

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.

I had so many of these at my old house and I never knew u could eat them 😔💔

The expression on his face when he first tasted it is so honest..that fruit has to be delicious.

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.

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.

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

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!!!

Love you're old school entry bro hope you put it back

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!

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.

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.

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.

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...??

Interesting I had no idea... those grew all over my yard in Florida...

Wow its like leggo.

Oxalic acid is the same as what's in rhubarb leaves which makes it toxic.

The fruit version of “IM NOT READY YET!!!”

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.

I've had this years ago, somebody I know brought it from portugal. I really think this tastes like Juicy Fruit Bubble Gum

Another Great Video. Thank You. Happy Ground Hog Day! ☺

Called fruit salad plant- I have eaten heaps of them. And way more unripe than that. Doesn't hurt you. I can't feed it to my parrot because they are more sensitive to the poison

I used to see these things growing along the sidewalks in the Florida Keys. I heard they were edible, but I never tried one. Good thing, 'cause I wouldn't have known about the oxalic acid.

Ha! For years here in Brazil I always saw this fruit sticking out of a houseplant and didn't know it was a fruit.