Athyrium maximum

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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (ANSP-PH)

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fronds

The fronds are eaten.

It is a tropical plant.

Fiji, Pacific,

Countries: Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Samoa

A tropical fern in the Athyriaceae family with edible fronds.

An unresolved name in The Plant List.

Names & Synonyms

Ota balabala

References (1)

Etoh, T. & Sundaresan, 1985, Food Plants in Fiji and Their Utilization. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Center S. Pac, Occasional Papers, No. 5. p. 145-164.