Allantodia aspera

(Blume) Ching

Rang Songquan, Lingur

AthyriaceaeLeavesPotential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fronds, Leaves, Vegetable

Young curled fronds are used as a vegetable, traditionally cooked with dry fish. Fronds are sold in markets.

Known Hazards

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows along water channels. It grows up to 2200 m altitude.

Asia, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Northeastern India, Pakistan, Philippines, SE Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A large fern. The rhizome creeps widely. There are brown scales at the tip. It has spines along the stalk. The fronds are 1.5 m long. They are twice divided. The frond blade is 90 cm long by 50 cm wide.

Other Information

The fronds are sold in markets.

Notes

There are about 300-600 Diplazium species. They have also been put in the families Aspleniaceae and Woodsiaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Dheki shak, Muikhun chak, Mukhaindebusa

Asplenium asperum Mett.Asplenium polypioides Mett.Athyrium asperum (Blume) MildeDiplazium asperum BlumeDiplazium polypodioides BlumeMicrostegia aspera (Blume) C. Presl

References (8)

Delos Angeles, M. D., & Buot Jr., I. E., 2012, Orders and Families of Philippine Pteridophytes. Journal of Nature Studies 11 (1 & 2): 19-33 (As Diplazium polypodioides)
Enum. pl. Javae 194. 1828 (As Diplazium polypodioides)
Gul, A., et al, 2016, Traditional, medicinal and food uses of Pteridophytes of district Mansehra (Pakistan) and their some adjacent areas. International Journal of Biosciences Vol. 9, No. 5 p. 116-133 (As Diplazium polypodioides)
Hossain, U. & Rahman, A., 2018, Study and quantitative analysis of wild vegetable floral diversity available in Barisal district, Bangladesh. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. 2018, 4 (4), 362-371 (As Diplazium polypodioides)
Pande, P.C. & Pangtey, Y.P.S., 1987, Studies on Ethnobotany - 1. on some less known edible and economic ferns of Kumaun Region of Western Himalaya. J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Vol 11 No.1 pp 81-85 (As Diplazium polypodioides)
Pham-Hoang Ho, 1999, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam. Nha Xuat Ban Tre. p 169 (As Diplazium polypodioides)
Sarker, S. K., & Enayet Hossain, A. B. M., 2009, Pteridophytes of Greater Mymensingh District of Bangladesh used as Vegetables and Medicines. Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 16(1) 47-56. p 52 (As Diplazium polypodioides)
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/econ.pl (10 April 2000) (As Diplazium polypodioides)