Eupodium laeve

(Sm.) Murdock

Winged marattia fern

Eupodium laeve

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Eupodium laeve

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(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Eupodium laeve

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(c) Susan Fawcett, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Caudex

The caudex (underground stem) is eaten.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows in dense forests between 1,400-2,400 m above sea level It grows in the Sandwich Islands in Hawaii.

Asia, Central America*, Hawaii, Indonesia, Pacific, SE Asia, South America, USA,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bhutan, Belize, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Fiji, Micronesia, Georgia, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Suriname, El Salvador, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen

How to Identify

A fern. It grows in soil. The leaf stalk has scales. The fronds are divided 3 times.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown from spores or the rhizome.

Notes

There are 60 Marattia species. They are tropical ferns.

Names & Synonyms

Pakis maratia bersayap

Maratta alata Sw.Marattia alata var. laevis (Sm.) Farw.

References (2)

Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 403 (As Marattia alata)
Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 872

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