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Lygodium japonicum

Botanic Family

Lygodiaceae

Author

(Thunberg ex Murray) Swartz

Common Names

• Japanese Climbing Fern
• Balanitu (Tukukan)
• Climbing Fern
• Kani-kusa (Japan)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland
• Northern Territories - Australia
• Taiwan - China
• India
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Is.
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• secondary vegetation
• hedges
• thickets. Used to make hats & baskets

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Deciduous or evergreen scandent to clambering climbing fern with creeping rhizome, 2-3 pinnate very divided fronds 120mm long, densely pubescent climbing tripinnate puberulent fronds to 2 metres

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• net
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Malesiana
• VOPR
• FOJ