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Dicranopteris linearis

Botanic Family

Gleicheniaceae

Author

(Burman f. ) Underwood

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N & W. Australia
• S.E. Asia
• Fiji
• Gabon
• Hawaii
• Madagascar
• Kedah - Malaysia
• New Guinea
• Nigeria
• Reunion
• Tahiti
• Tanzania
• Zambia
• Vietnam
• Wallis Island
• Thailand
• Polynesia

Natural Habitats

• Open slopes
• mountainside grassland
• forest
• stream banks
• clearings
• lowlands. Fibre form stem used for tying. Medicinal uses?

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Climbing thicket-forming fern scrambling to 7m, pinnae to 85mm long, brown sporangia

Further References

• Jones & Gray 1977
• FOC
• net
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• FNWNG
• FV
• GBS