Edible: Roots, Fronds, Rhizome, Vegetable, Leaves
A tufted fern with slender runners. The rhizomes have scales. The fronds can be up to 2.5 m long, erect and bright green. They are divided once. It is a coarse woody fern that grows in tangled colonies. These small plants grow from the branched wiry runners. The spore bearing bodies are round and lie in a row between the midrib and leaf edge.
It is a tropical plant. It prefers open or lightly shaded areas often along rocks. It can grow as an epiphyte on the trunks of palms. It is very frost tender. It probably grows up to about 1000 m altitude. It can tolerate some salt. Often it is in wet areas in soil with a high humus content.
Common Names: Ladder fern, King weeper, Asaha, Broad sword fern, Dageang, Dakeang, Julia, Likekele, Pakis pedang raksasa, Paku harupat, Paku kubok, Paku larat, Paku uban, Pau bulat, Saqato, Sulufe, Te keang
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See Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen
Nephrolepis acuta Presl.;