Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw.

 

Scientific Name: Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw.

Family: Athyriaceae (lady fern family)

Tribal name: Churuli (Paniya, Kuruma), Surulisoppu (Kattunaikka)

Habit: Herb-Terrestrial

Habitat: In open marshy places along streams and river banks.

Distribution: India, China, Formosa, Malaysia east to Philippines, New Guinea, Samoa

Tribal consumers: Paniya, Kattunaikka, Kuruma

Parts Used: Whole plant (After Cooking)

Seasonal Availability: March

Key identification features: Perennial herb with erect rhizome covered in linear-lanceolate scales. Tufted, dark brown stipes, pale above. Leaves deltoid, bipinnate with alternate and opposite pinnae, glabrous above and below. Sori linear along veins, with a pale brown indusium.