Diplazium cordifolium
Blume
Vegetable fern
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Description
A fern with a tufted rhizome covered with brown or black scales. It has a tufted rootstock. The fronds are up to 50 cm long and 12 cm wide and stick straight up. The fronds are entire and not divided. They are long and thin and rounded at the base. The tip comes to a point. The spore bodies are long and narrow and can be straight or curved.
Edible Uses
The fronds and leaves are eaten as a minor food, particularly in Papua New Guinea.
Traditional Uses
The fronds have been recorded as eaten.
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Distribution
It is a tropical and subtropical plant. It grows in small areas of the tropical rainforest. It is temperature sensitive needing a minimum temperature over 10°C. It likes a moist protected situation. It suits a shady position.
Where It Grows
Asia, Australia, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, SE Asia, Solomon Islands, Vietnam ?,
Cultivation
It can be grown from spores.
Other Information
A minor food in Papua New Guinea.
Notes
There are about 300-600 Diplazium species. They have also been put in the families Aspleniaceae and Athyriaceae.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Pakis sayur
References (11)
- Andrews, S.B., 1990, Ferns of Queensland. A handbook to the ferns and fern allies. Queensland DPI p 76
- Borrell, O.W., 1989, An Annotated Checklist of the Flora of Kairiru Island, New Guinea. Marcellin College, Victoria Australia. p 2
- Chaffey, C.H., 1999, Australian Ferns. Growing them successfully. Kangaroo Press. p 11,
- Croft, J., 1982, Ferns and Man in New Guinea
- Elliot, W.R., & Jones, D.L., 1984, Encyclopedia of Australian Plants suitable for cultivation. Vol 3. Lothian. p 288
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- French, B.R., 1986, Food Plants of Papua New Guinea, A Compendium. Asia Pacific Science Foundation p 83
- Flora of Solomon Islands
- Pham-Hoang Ho, 1999, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam. Nha Xuat Ban Tre. p 161 ?
- Powell, J.M., Ethnobotany. In Paijmans, K., 1976, New Guinea Vegetation. Australian National University Press. p 109
- Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 865
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
