Asplenium phyllitidis D.Don

Species

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Characteristics

Plants (50-)70-110 cm tall. Rhizome erect, thick and short, woody, apex with scales; scales brown to blackish brown, triangular to ovate, membranous, entire or fimbriate. Fronds caespitose; stipe pale brown to grayish brown, 3-7 cm, woody, abaxially terete, broadly grooved adaxially when dry, glabrous, with 2 lateral ridges, base with scales similar to those on rhizome; lamina narrowly lanceolate to lanceolate, (48-)70-105 × 5-8 cm, widest at middle and gradually decurrent toward base, margin entire, apex acute to caudate. Midrib semiterete and grayish to yellowish pale brown abaxially, broadly grooved and pale yellowish brown adaxially when dry, glabrous; veins faintly visible, forked, or simple. Fronds papery or thinly leathery, brownish green when dry, glabrous. Sori linear, 2-3 cm, on acroscopic veinlets, from close to midrib to 1/2-3/4 as long as subtending veinlet, lower part of lamina usually sterile; indusia brownish, linear, membranous, entire, persistent. Spores with lophate (areolate-fenestrate) perispore. Plants tetraploid: 2n = 144.
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A fern that grows attached to other plants. The rhizome is erect. The fronds are 50-60 cm long by 6-8 cm wide. The spores are arranged in groups 2-2.5 cm long on alternate small veins under the leaf.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.7 - 1.1
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The young shoots are eaten as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal
Edible shoots
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Distribution

Asplenium phyllitidis world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17304290-1
WFO ID wfo-0001118135
COL ID HL6D
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Synonyms

Neottopteris orientalis Thamnopteris orientalis Asplenium colaniae Thamnopteris phyllitidis Asplenium phyllitidis Neottopteris phyllitidis Asplenium nidus var. phyllitidis