Lygodiaceae · Lygodium

Flexuose Climbing Fern

Lygodium flexuosum

Climbing fernMedicinal
Habit
Climbing fern
Found in India
Assam, Maharashtra, West Bengal & more

Plant Details

Scientific name
Lygodium flexuosum
Genus
Lygodium
Habitat
In partial shade at 4 m and in wet deciduous forests
Habitat type
Wetland, Forest
Native to
India, China, Australia
Found in India
Assam, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Local Names

Malayalam
പൊലിവള്ളി

About Flexuose Climbing Fern

Flexuose Climbing Fern (Lygodium flexuosum) belongs to the Lygodiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Maharashtra, West Bengal and 14 other states. It grows in in partial shade at 4 m and in wet deciduous forests.

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Botanical family

Lygodiaceae

Climbing Fern Family

Flexuose Climbing Fern belongs to the Lygodiaceae family.

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