Dicranopteris linearis (Burm. f.) Underw.
Null / Sengkawang (Br.); Kembotong (Dus.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Terrestrial creeping fern that can grow up to 3 m tall. Leaves are compound, dichotomously divided, deeply lobed and hairy at the undersides. Leaflet blades are narrowly lanceolate, acute to acuminate at apex, asymmetrical at base with brownish glands along the veins. Stems are glabrescent, brown, growing from the rhizome. Rhizomes
Bulbs are cut into smaller pieces, pounded into powder form and applied as a poultice to skin to treat body pain, stomachache, muscle cramps or sting from poisonous fish. The bulbs are boiled with some fennel flowers or black cumin ( Nigella sativa ) and onion ( Allium cepa) and the resultant decoction is taken for piles. The bulbs are often cooked as a dish to improve blood circulation and to cure injuries. The plant exhibits anti-inflammatory,
It thrives in secondary dipterocarp forests and on lowland ridges. It prefers fertile, moist but well-drained soil under partial shade.
Spores.
Native to the Old World tropics and adjacent regions.
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