✿Pteridaceae · Pteris
Chinese Brake
Pteris vittata
Herb-TerrestrialMedicinal
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pteris vittata
- Genus
- Pteris
- Family
- Pteridaceae
- Habit
- Herb-Terrestrial
- Native to
- India, China
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Meghalaya, Assam, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Sikkim
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Once-divided (pinnate)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Plain green undersiderecorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Chinese Brake itself; the rest are typical of the Pteridaceae family.
Local Names
- Bengali
- টেরিস ভিট্টাটা
- Tamil
- பெரணி
- Malayalam
- പെറ്ററിസ് വിറ്റാറ്റ
About Chinese Brake
Chinese Brake (Pteris vittata) belongs to the Pteridaceae family, where it grows as a ground herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and 22 other states.
Botanical family
Pteridaceae
Maidenhair Fern Family
Chinese Brake belongs to the Pteridaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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