About Vegetable Fern
Diplazium esculentum, the vegetable fern, is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably one of the most commonly consumed ferns. The genus Diplazium is in the family Athyriaceae, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Diplazium esculentum
- Genus
- Diplazium
- Family
- ATHYRIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Habitat
- In open marshy places along streams and river banks
- Native to
- Asia
- Distribution
- India, China, Formosa, Malaysia east to Philippines, New Guinea, Samoa
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Botanical family
Athyriaceae
LADY FERN FAMILY
Vegetable Fern belongs to the Athyriaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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