Very common in marshy and sub-marshy areas The fronds are used for decorative purposes.
Details
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uses
The fronds are used for decorative purposes.
family
Nephrolepidaceae
synonym
Polypodium hirsutulum G. Forst.
description
Erect herbs, stolon creeping, densely scaly; scales lanceolate with marginal cilia. Fronds to 1.2 m long. Pinnae closely spaced, usually with an elongate narrowly triangular basal auricle. Sterile × pinnae 2-11 10-20, with scattered scales; upper midrib covered with scales or simple Forst.) C. Presl hairs; margins crenate towards acute apex. × Fertile pinnae 3-11 0.5-1.4 cm wide; margins deeply crenate. Sori submarginal; indusium reniform. Reproductive structures: Sporophylls produced throughout the year