Polypodium polypodioides
(L.) Watt
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(c) Em Hobbs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) Em Hobbs, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
What to Eat
Some part of the plant is added to make teswino beer.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
South America,
How to Identify
A tropical fern in the Polypodiaceae family.
Medicinal Uses
Some part of the plant is added to make teswino beer.
Names & Synonyms
Acrostichum ferruginosum L.Acrostichum polypodioides L.and others
References (1)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 676
