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The young fronds are stir-fried and used in salads. [6] [7]They may have mild amounts of fern toxins but no major toxic effects are recorded. [8]It is known as pakô ("wing") in the Philippines, [6] pucuk paku and paku tanjung in Malaysia, sayur paku or pakis in Indonesia, phak koot (Thai: ผักกูด) in Thailand, rau dớn in Vietnam, dhekia (Assamese: ঢেঁকীয়া) in ...
Pteris vittata is native and widespread in the paleotropics: found from the east, to the south tropical, and southern Africa (in Angola; Kenya; Lesotho; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Tanzania (including the Zanzibar Archipelago); Cape Province, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Transvaal in South Africa; Eswatini; Uganda; Zambia; and Zimbabwe); temperate and tropical Asia (in the provinces of ...
Pelazoneuron kunthii, synonyms Christella normalis and Thelypteris kunthii, sometimes known as Kunth's maiden fern [3] or southern shield fern, is the most common of the maiden ferns in the southeastern United States south of the fall line.
Cuscuta, a stem holoparasite, on an Acacia tree in Pakistan. A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. . They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every bi
Socratea exorrhiza, the walking palm or cashapona, is a palm native to rainforests in tropical Central and South America.It can grow to 25 metres in height, with a stem diameter of up to 16 cm, [1] but is more typically 15–20 m tall and 12 cm in diameter. [2]
Helminthostachys zeylanica is a terrestrial, herbaceous fern of southeastern Asia and Australia, commonly known as kamraj and tunjuk-langit.The species is like the other members of its family, it has clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile, spike-like fronds.
Leaves. Strobilanthes crispa is a shrub which originated from Madagascar, [2] and is now found across south east Asia. [3] It is a member of the family Acanthaceae. [2] It is known as pokok pecah kaca or pokok pecah beling in Malaysia, [2] and pecah beling, enyoh kilo, kecibeling or kejibeling in Indonesia.
Dryopteris filix-mas, the male fern, [1] is a common fern of the temperate Northern Hemisphere, native to much of Europe, Asia, and North America. It favours damp shaded areas in the understory of woodlands, but also shady places on hedge-banks, and rocks, and screes.