Thelypteris opulenta
(Kaulf.) Fosberg
AspleniaceaeLeaves
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Fronds
The leaves and fronds are cooked with chicken to make curry.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows on dry mountain slopes. It can stand light shade.
Asia, Australia, India, Indochina, Micronesia, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, 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, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Palau, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A fern. The stalks or stipes are 70 cm long and reddish. The blade is 90 cm long with 25 pairs of pinnae. These are 25 cm long by 3 cm wide. They have lobes.
Notes
Also put in the family Thelypteridaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Bhilongoni, Rukji
Aspidium extensum BlumeAspidium opulentum Kaulf.Cyclosorus extensus (Blume) H. ItoCyclosorus extensus (Blume) ChingCyclosorus opulentus (Kaulf.) Nakaike- This is probably now the correct name
Dryopteris extensa (Blume) KuntzeNephrodium extensum (Blume) T. MooreNephrodium extensum (Blume) Hook.Nephrodium opulentum (Kaulf.) C. Presl.Thelypteris extensa (Blume) C. V. Morton
References (1)
- Pegu, R., et al, 2013, Ethnobotanical study of Wild Edible Plants in Poba Reserved Forest, Assam, India. Research Journal of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences 1(3):1-10 (As Cyclosorus extensus)
