Characteristics
A erect fern with short creeping underground stout rhizomes. The plant is up to 60 cm high. They bear solitary or sometimes several fronds. The stalk of the leaf frond is up to 25-35 cm long and 12-20 cm wide. At the tip it has 3 segments of the sterile frond. The fertile part is like a spike and comes from the stalk. The spores are yellow in brown spore bodies which are 0.8 mm across.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
herb
|
| Growth support |
-
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
-
|
| Pollination |
-
|
| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
-
|
| Root system |
rhizome
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
-
|
| Blooming months |
-
|
| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
|
Environment
A tropical fern. They grow in shady sites in the forest. They are found throughout the Philippines in open bushy places near sea level and on damp ground.
| Light |
-
|
| Soil humidity |
-
|
| Soil texture |
-
|
| Soil acidity |
-
|
| Soil nutriment |
-
|
| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
|
Usage
The young fronds of this fern are eaten raw as a salad or cooked as a vegetable.
| Uses |
-
|
| Edible
|
fronds
leaves
|
| Therapeutic use
|
-
|
| Human toxicity |
-
|
| Animal toxicity |
-
|
Cultivation
Plants are grown by splitting the rhizomes.
| Mode |
-
|
| Germination duration (days) |
-
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
|
| Productivity |
-
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