✿Pteridaceae · Adiantum
Hamsapadi / Walking Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum philippense
Herb-TerrestrialMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Adiantum philippense
- Genus
- Adiantum
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Finely doubly-divided (bipinnate, lacy)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Plain green undersiderecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hamsapadi itself; the rest are typical of the Pteridaceae family.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Hamsapadi
About Hamsapadi
Walking Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum philippense) is a ground herb in the Pteridaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal, Maharashtra and 20 other states.
Botanical family
Pteridaceae
Maidenhair Fern Family
Hamsapadi belongs to the Pteridaceae family.
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