✿Pteridaceae · Ceratopteris
Water Fern
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Herb-AquaticMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb-Aquatic
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, Uttarakhand & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ceratopteris thalictroides
- Genus
- Ceratopteris
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Habit
- Herb-Aquatic
- Distribution
- Tropical Asia, Central America, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Kerala, Assam, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bihar
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Variable
- Type
- Variable
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Pteridaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Local Names
- Bengali
- ক্ষুদে ঢেকিশাক, পানিশাক
About Water Fern
Water Fern (Ceratopteris thalictroides) is a herb-aquatic belonging to the Pteridaceae family (MAIDENHAIR FERN FAMILY). It occurs across Tropical Asia, Central America, Tropical Africa. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Botanical family
Pteridaceae
Maidenhair Fern Family
Water Fern belongs to the Pteridaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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