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Lemmaphyllum carnosum (wall. ex Hook) C.presl

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Polypodiaceae > Microsoroideae > Lemmaphyllum

Characteristics

Plants to 15 cm tall. Rhizome ca. 1 mm in diam., densely scaly; scales ovate with caudate apex, margin entire. Fronds dimorphic. Sterile fronds: stipe 0.5-2(-5) cm, scaly at base; lamina broadly elliptic-lanceolate, ca. 10 × 2.5-3.8 cm, base cuneate and decurrent, apex bluntly acuminate. Fertile fronds: stipe 3-6(-8) cm; lamina narrowly oblong, up to 10(-15) × 0.4-0.5 cm. Sporangia in linear coenosori, eventually covering entire surface except costa and margin.
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A small fern. It grows 15 cm tall. It grows on tree trunks and rocks. The fronds are of two forms. The sterile fronds are 2 cm long. The blade is broadly oval and 10 cm long by 3 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped. The fertile fronds are 6 cm long. These blades are narrowly oblong. They are 10 cm lonf by 5 mm wide.
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Mature height (meter) 0.15
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on tree trunks and rocks in forests. It grows between 1,500-2,900 m above sea level in southern China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Usage

The leaves and shoots are eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible fronds leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Astringent (unspecified), Pectoral (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Whitlow (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Calculus (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Leg (unspecified), Epistaxis (unspecified), Felon (unspecified), Bite(Animal) (unspecified), Hematemesis (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Poultice (unspecified)
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Distribution

Lemmaphyllum carnosum world distribution map, present in China and Thailand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17336470-1
WFO ID wfo-0001123224
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Synonyms

Elaphoglossum carnosum Lemmaphyllum chui Drymoglossum subcordatum Notholaena carnosa Oetosis carnosa Taenitis carnosa Drymoglossum carnosum Lemmaphyllum carnosum Drymoglossum carnosum var. minor Lemmaphyllum carnosum var. longifolium
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