Thelypteris opulenta

(Kaulf.) Fosberg

Aspleniaceae Edible: Leaves, Fronds

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Description

A fern. The stalks or stipes are 70 cm long and reddish. The blade is 90 cm long with 25 pairs of pinnae. These are 25 cm long by 3 cm wide. They have lobes.

Edible Uses

The leaves and fronds are cooked with chicken to make curry.

Traditional Uses

The leaves are cooked with chicken to make curry.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on dry mountain slopes. It can stand light shade.

Where It Grows

Asia, Australia, India, Indochina, Micronesia, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand,

Notes

Also put in the family Thelypteridaceae.

Synonyms

Aspidium extensum BlumeAspidium opulentum Kaulf.Cyclosorus extensus (Blume) H. ItoCyclosorus extensus (Blume) ChingCyclosorus opulentus (Kaulf.) Nakaike- This is probably now the correct name Dryopteris extensa (Blume) KuntzeNephrodium extensum (Blume) T. MooreNephrodium extensum (Blume) Hook.Nephrodium opulentum (Kaulf.) C. Presl.Thelypteris extensa (Blume) C. V. Morton

Also Known As

Bhilongoni, Rukji

References (1)

Pegu, R., et al, 2013, Ethnobotanical study of Wild Edible Plants in Poba Reserved Forest, Assam, India. Research Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences 1(3):1-10 (As Cyclosorus extensus)