Polypodiaceae FAMILY

Microsorum linguiforme

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Microsorum linguiforme is a herbaceous perennial fern growing from a short-creeping rhizome with roots very densely set and forming a thick mat; it forms a cluster of fronds that can range from 15 - 80cm long and 2 - 17cm 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 RangeSoutheast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines, east to New Guinea and the southwestern Pacific

HabitatUsually an epiphyte found on lower branches of trees, sometimes higher, rarely found on rocks or in the soil, growing in shady, moist places in some types of primary and secondary forest; at elevations up to 1,650 metres[ 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 ].