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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: ঢেকীয়া) in Assam ...
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 ...
The dimensions of the trunk depend on the age of the plant. When mature the diameter reach 50 cm, and is typically dark grey. [4] The trunk size is highly dependent on the nutrients within the soil as they will be the underlying factor for growth since water is not usually a limiting factor in its habitats.
Plants, including many now used as culinary herbs and spices, have been used as medicines, not necessarily effectively, from prehistoric times.Spices have been used partly to counter food spoilage bacteria, especially in hot climates, [6] [7] and especially in meat dishes that spoil more readily. [8]
Thelypteris palustris, the marsh fern, [4] or eastern marsh fern, [5] is a species of fern native to eastern North America and across Eurasia.It prefers to grow in swamps, bogs, wet fields or thickets, fresh tidal and nontidal marshes, or wooded streambanks.
Nephrolepis cordifolia is a fern native to the global tropics, including northeastern Australia and Asia.It has many common names including fishbone fern, tuberous sword fern, tuber ladder fern, erect sword fern, narrow sword fern and ladder fern, and herringbone fern. [1]
Archidendron pauciflorum is a legume tree with a size of 18–25 m, has a spreading crown and bipinnate leaves (up to 25 cm) and greyish smooth bark. [2] [7] [8] The young leaves have a wine-red colour and are edible.
Dryopteris carthusiana is a perennial species of fern native to damp forests throughout the Holarctic Kingdom.It is known as the narrow buckler-fern in the United Kingdom, [2] and as the spinulose woodfern in North America.