Polypodiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Leptochilus decurrens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Leptochilus decurrens is an evergreen fern growing from a short to medium-creeping rhizome; it forms small clumps of fronds, the fertile fronds have stipes around 14 - 50cm long whilst the stipes on sterile fronds can be absent or up to 18cm long with the ovate lamina 10 - 50cm long and 2.5 - 11cm wide[ 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 ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Leptochilus decurrens is widely distributed through tropical Asia with little or no threats. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, southern China, Korea, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malasia, Indonesia, Philippines, New Guinea

HabitatA terrestrial, low climbing and epilithic fern, found in montane rain forest, hill evergreen forest, moss forest., often on rocks in stream; at elevations from 150 - 2,500 metres, though mostly at the higher elevations[ 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 ].