Polypodiaceae FAMILY

Microsorum punctatum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Microsorum punctatum is a very widespread and variable, evergreen fern growing from a short-creeping rhizome with roots very densely set and forming a thick mat; it forms in time a large cluster of fronds that can range from 10 - 175cm long and 8 - 15cm wide[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet , 1813 Title A Monograph of the Fern Genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae) including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylog Publication Leiden Botanical Series, 14(1), 1 - 161, 1991 Author Bosman M.T.M. Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/508238 Publisher Year 1991 ISBN A monograph of th Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as an ornamental (there are several named forms) and can be grown as a house plant where it can tolerate considerable neglect[ 1813 Title A Monograph of the Fern Genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae) including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylog Publication Leiden Botanical Series, 14(1), 1 - 161, 1991 Author Bosman M.T.M. Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/508238 Publisher Year 1991 ISBN A monograph of th Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWidespread in tropics and subtropics of Africa, India, southern China, through southeast Asia to New Guinea and the Pacific

HabitatUsually epiphytic, sometimes epilithic or terrestrial, growing in shady or more exposed places, often along streams but also in drier areas, in various types of primary and secondary, evergreen and deciduous forest; at elevations up to 2,200 metres[ 1813 Title A Monograph of the Fern Genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae) including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylog Publication Leiden Botanical Series, 14(1), 1 - 161, 1991 Author Bosman M.T.M. Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/508238 Publisher Year 1991 ISBN A monograph of th Description ]