Blechnaceae FAMILY

Blechnum orientale

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Blechnum orientale is an evergreen fern forming a clump of arching fronds from 20 - 200cm tall growing from a thick rhizome that rises to a short, erect trunk[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. , 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and a medicine. It is often cultivated as an ornamental

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - China, southern Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, through southeast Asia to New Guinea, Australia and the western Pacific.

HabitatOpen slopes (such as road cuttings) in rain forests, often growing in colonies[ 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ].