Polypodiaceae FAMILY

Microsorum glossophyllum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Microsorum glossophyllum is an evergreen fern growing from a short-creeping rhizome with roots very densely set and forming a thick mat; it forms in time a large cluster of fronds that can range from 70 - 125cm long and 8 - 15cm wide[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. , 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 , 1813 Title A Monograph of the Fern Genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae) including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylog Publication Leiden Botanical Series, 14(1), 1 - 161, 1991 Author Bosman M.T.M. Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/508238 Publisher Year 1991 ISBN A monograph of th Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea to the Solomon Islands

HabitatEpiphytic or terrestrial, in primary and secondary forest, growing in exposed, sunny situations such as forest margins, but also in more shaded places, on a range of soils (limestone, volcanic rocks, brown loam, clay); at elevations to 2,800 metres[ 1813 Title A Monograph of the Fern Genus Microsorum (Polypodiaceae) including an attempt towards a reconstruction of the phylog Publication Leiden Botanical Series, 14(1), 1 - 161, 1991 Author Bosman M.T.M. Website http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/508238 Publisher Year 1991 ISBN A monograph of th Description ]