Cyclosorus heterocarpus

(Blume) Ching

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fronds, Leaves

The fronds and leaves are eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. In China it grows in wet places in forests between 100-1,100 m above sea level.

Asia, Australia, China, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pacific, Philippines, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Fiji, Micronesia, Georgia, 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, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen

How to Identify

A tropical fern in the Thelypteridaceae family growing 60-120 cm tall. It is found in wet forest locations in China at elevations between 100-1,100 m above sea level.

Notes

Also put in the family Dryopteridaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Aspidium heterocarpum BlumeDryopteris heterocarpa (Blume) KuntzeNephrodium heterocarpum (Blume) T. MooreSphaerostephanos heterocarpus (Blume) HolttumThelypteris heterocarpa (Blume) C. V. Morton

References (3)

Crowe, A., 1997, A Field Guide to the Native Edible Plants of New Zealand. Penguin. p 110 (As Dryopteris heterocarpa)
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (As Thelypteris heterocarpus)
www.eFloras.org Flora of China

What to Eat

Where to Find It

How to Identify

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