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Medicine - Rhizome of plant is used as an antibacterial and for treating coughs, rheumatism, chest congestion, and anorexia. Pinnae is utilized for coughs, wound healing, and jaundice treatment. Root tubers juice taken for fever, indigestion, headache, cough, cold, and hematuria. Whole plant used for kidney, liver, and skin disorders. Ornamental - It is used as potted plant.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal
It is usually found growing in rocky areas, on rainforest margins, or as an epiphyte on palm trees at altitudes of 800 - 2000 m asl..
Known for its water-storing tubers and air-purifying fronds.
Evergreen fern that grows to between 40 and 80 cm, in extreme cases up to 1 m.
Stipe 5-15 cm, densely covered with scales as on rhizome.
The leaflets are entire, sessile and elongate-lanceolate. They grow up to 4.8 cm long and up to 0.9 cm wide. They stand at a distance of less than 1 cm.