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Lygodium microphyllum

Botanic Family

Lygodiaceae

Author

(Cavanilles) R. Brown

Common Names

• Climbing Maidenhair Fern
• Snake Fern
• Holy Fern
• Uho (Fiji)
• Wa-kalou (Fiji)
• Vere-verete (Fiji)
• Wakalou (Fiji)
• Wasena (Fiji)
• Ribu-ribu Selada (Kedah)
• Ribu-ribu (Kedah)
• Salada (Kedah)

Geographical Habitats

• Old world Tropics
• Queensland
• Northern Territories - Australia
• Kenya
• Kedah - Malaysia
• Thailand
• Polynesia
• Philippines
• Tropical Africa
• India
• Hongkong
• Ryuku Is.Japan
• Solomon islands
• New Calendonia
• Indonesia
• Singapore

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• coastal
• forest edges
• swamps
• secondary forest. Medicinal uses
• young leaves edible
• rachis of old leaves used for string & plaiting

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Climbing evergreen twining fern with creepung rhizome & climbing fronds

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• net
• Bodkin
• JPS
• The Plant List 2
• Elmer
• Flora Malesiana
• FS
• GBS