Polypodiaceae FAMILY
Drynaria sparsisora
Drynaria sparsisora
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Drynaria sparsisora is a deciduous, epiphytic fern growing from a thick, short-creeping rhizome around 10 - 30mm thick and spirally climbing round a tree. Foliage fronds are around 25cm tall, fertile fronds can be 70cm[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and is used by children in their games. It is grown as an ornamental.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Asia - Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines,New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Australia (Queensland)
HabitatEpiphytic, spirally climbing up to 35 metres above ground level in various types of primary and secondary forest. Also found in savannah, and sometimes terrestrial on sandy soils or epilithic on volcanic rocks.; at elevations to 1,400 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 ].