Dryopteris paleacea

(Swartz.) C. Christ.

fern, Raki raki

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Dryopteris paleacea

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Ingrid P. Lin

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fronds, Leaves

The starchy fronds are eaten while still folded.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows below 2,600 m in Peru.

Asia, Indochina, Peru, SE Asia, South America, Vietnam,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bhutan, Chile, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Georgia, French Guiana, Guyana, 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, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A fern. The fronds are twice divided. The stalk has dense blackish brown scales.

Notes

There are about 200 Dryopteris species.

Names & Synonyms

Rang mocxi san

References (3)

GADE
Pham-Hoang Ho, 1999, An Illustrated Flora of Vietnam. Nha Xuat Ban Tre. p 188
Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58:100. 1908 (As Dryopteris paleacea (Sw.) Hand.-Mazz.)

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