Microlepia strigosa (Thunb.) C.Presl

Palapalai (en)

Species

Pteridophytes > Polypodiales > Dennstaedtiaceae > Microlepia

Characteristics

Plants terrestrial, 80-110 cm tall. Rhizome long and creeping, ca. 4[-5] mm in diam., with dense, long, gray-brown, acicular hairs. Fronds distant; stipe brown, ca. 50 cm, ca. 4 mm in diam. at base, basally densely hairy, hairs abscising easily to leave scabrous marks; rachis and rachillae abaxially with dense, short, brown hairs, adaxially glabrous; lamina green or brown when dried, 2-pinnate, oblong in outline, basal pinnae slightly shorter, middle pinnae [20-]50-70[-80] × 15-35 cm, papery, abaxially with sparse, short, gray-brown, stiff hairs, adaxially glabrous, apex acuminate; pinnae 25-35 pairs, alternate, 4-6 cm apart, obliquely spreading, shortly stalked, linear-lanceolate, 15-17 × ca. 3 cm, base asymmetrical, basiscopic pinnae slightly shortened, apex long acuminate; pinnules 25-28 pairs, adjacent, sessile, spreading, variously pinnatifid, nearly rhombiform, 1.4-2 × 0.6-0.8 cm, base asymmetrical, basiscopically narrowly cuneate, ± decurrent, basal acroscopic lobule largest, margin coarsely and irregularly toothed, apex acute. Veins prominent abaxially, obvious adaxially, pinnate or bifurcate. Sori small, near margin of lobes; indusium brown, hemitelioid, with short brown hairs.
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A large tufted fern. It grows in soil. The fronds are twice divided. The spore groups (sori) are cup shaped and near the edges of the fronds.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.9 - 1.05
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in hilly areas. In southern China it grows between 100-1,000 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Young fronds are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Uses medicinal poison
Edible fronds leaves
Therapeutic use Psychological Aid (unspecified)
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Images

Microlepia strigosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Microlepia strigosa world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Ghana, Indonesia, India, Japan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Thailand, United States of America, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:17148930-1
WFO ID wfo-0001109170
COL ID 42XSD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448031
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Synonyms

Microlepia cristata Scyphofilix strigosa Dicksonia strigosa Microlepia angustipinna Microlepia szechuanica Davallia strigosa Dennstaedtia strigosa Dicksonia japonica Davallia japonica Microlepia japonica Davallia khasiyana Microlepia khasiyana Microlepia kansuensis Microlepia strigosa Microlepia neostrigosa Microlepia formosana Microlepia kwangtungensis Trichomanes strigosum Microlepia brevistrigosa