Woodsiaceae FAMILY

Diplazium ambiguum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Diplazium ambiguum is a terrestrial fern with erect stem and leaves that can be 1.4 metres long The leaves are harvested from the wild for local use as a washing cloth.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; Caribbean - Windward Islands, Cuba.

HabitatDense, primary forest at elevations from 150 - 2,400 metres[ 488 Title Pteridophyta of Peru Publication Author Tryon R.M.: Stolze R.G. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History Year 1993 ISBN Description A flora of the fern species in Peru. It cam be downloaded from the Internet. , 521 Title Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians of Eastern Ecuador. Publication Fieldiana Botany New Series No. 15 Author Vickers W.T.; Plowman T. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; USA. Year 1984 ISBN 0015 - 0746 Description Very terse, but it gives the uses of a large number of species. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].