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Diplazium cordifolium Blume

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Athyriaceae > Diplazium

Characteristics

Rhizome short, erect, scaly at the apex; scales c. 1 cm long, c. 1.5 mm wide, brown with black margins. Fronds erect, crowded. Stipe 20-50 cm long. Lamina simple or rarely 1-pinnate near the base, narrowly elliptic, 20-31 cm long, 6.5-10 cm wide, coriaceous, pale green, often proliferous from near point of attachment of rachis and stipe; base cordate; margins entire or undulate; apex attenuate; veins anastomosing towards the frond margins. Sori elongate, often anastomosing; indusium entire, narrow, brown.
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A fern with a tufted rhizome covered with brown or black scales. It has a tufted rootstock. The fronds are up to 50 cm long and 12 cm wide and stick straight up. The fronds are entire and not divided. They are long and thin and rounded at the base. The tip comes to a point. The spore bodies are long and narrow and can be straight or curved.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in small areas of the tropical rainforest. It is temperature sensitive needing a minimum temperature over 10°C. It likes a moist protected situation. It suits a shady position.
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Grows in small colonies in lowland rainforest.
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Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fronds have been recorded as eaten.
Uses food material medicinal
Edible fronds leaves
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Cultivation

It can be grown from spores.
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Distribution

Diplazium cordifolium world distribution map, present in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17086370-1
WFO ID wfo-0001223859
COL ID 6CY7W
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Synonyms

Anisogonium cordifolium Anisogonium ovatum Athyrium cordifolium Callipteris ovata Diplazium zollingeri Anisogonium zollingeri Athyrium parvum Callipteris cordifolia Callipteris zollingeri Oxygonium cordifolium Asplenium cordifolium Diplazium lanceum Diplazium cordifolium Diplazium boryanum

Lower taxons

Diplazium cordifolium var. pariens
WorldFloraDB 2024