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Ornamental - The plant is grown as an ornamental, being valued especially for its ability to quickly cover unsightly structures and provide shade for other plants. Medicine - The spores are said to help kidney and urinary functions; reduce swelling, colds, and fever; ease cough and congestion; and work as an anti-gonorrhoeal agent or as a general blood tonic.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Temperate biome,Upto 500m.
Rhizome widely creeping dichotomously branched 2-5 mm in diam. densely clothed with dark brown hairs fronds commonly 5-10 mm