Monstera tenuis is a species of plant in the genus Monstera native to Central America, from Nicaragua to Panama.[1] [2] It grows in wet tropical habitats below .[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.