Taenitis blechnoides (Willd.) Sw.
Ribbon Fern / Pitagar (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Terrestrial fern. Leaves are pinnately compound, glabrous, brown at base and each bearing 1-8 pairs of papery to leathery leaflets. Leaflet blades are deltoid to elliptic, acuminate at apex, narrowly cuneate at base with entire margin. Midribs are abaxially distinctly raised. Sori are linear, arranged in parallel between the midrib of a leaflet and edge with frequent paraphyses or sterile filaments. Rhizomes are short- creeping and covered with black
The leaf decoction is made into a soothing tonic to relieve muscle pain after long hard work, relieve backache and to regain stamina for all age groups. This is recommended for women after childbirth. It is believed that consumption of leaf infusion can cure gastric pain. The plant is known for its antioxidant
It thrives along paths, in lowland to hilly forests, primary and secondary forests. It prefers full sunlight to partial shade and rarely survives in heavily shaded area.
Spore and rhizome division.
Native of South and
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