Pteris ensiformis Burn.f.

Family : Pteridaceae

Local name : nd

Rhizome erect, short, scaly; stipes glabrous, slender, abaxially rounded, adaxially grooved. Fornds dimorphous, but sometimes some fronds partly fertile and partly sterile; sterile lamina pinnate, much shorter than fertile ones; fertile lamina bipinnate; sori, marginal, developing basipetally; spores dark-brown.

Distribution : Frequent in moist and humus rich forest floor and rock crevices

Uses :  Decoction of young fronds used in dysentery.

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