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Polybotrya caudata

Botanic Family

Dryopteridaceae

Author

Kunze

Common Names

• Small Leaf Baboon Tail (Creole)
• Hoa Ferobero (Arawak)
• Ituri Hi (Arawak)
• Arawata Andïkïrï (Carib)
• Wai Ahu (Warao)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela
• Trinidad & Tobago

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Oct

Climbing hemi-epiphytic fern with creeping rootstock, rhiuzome to 25mm diameter covered in red-brown scales 14mm x 1mm. Sterile frond to 800mm x 700mm, bipinnate fertile fronds, pinnules to 80mm x 15mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Academia Researchgate