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Blechnum attenuatum

Botanic Family

Aspleniaceae

Author

(Swartz) Mettenius

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Comoros
• Ethiopia
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Kenya
• Lesotho
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Réunion
• Cape Provinces
• Free State
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest remnant
• montane forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Nov (Comoros) Apr (Madagascar)

Climbing hemi-epiphytic & lithophytic fern to 3m with pinnatisect leaves, leaflets to 75mm x 8mm, terminal segments enlongated. Sterile fronds to 800mm long with 34 pinnae to 30mm x 10mm, fertile fronds to 400mm long with 24 pinnae to 100mm long. Fertile fronds with red spores. YOung fronds red.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FB
• FHBL