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Microsorum punctatum

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Microsorum punctatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Polypodiophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Polypodiineae
Family: Polypodiaceae
Genus: Microsorum
Species:
M. punctatum
Binomial name
Microsorum punctatum
(L.) Copel.

Microsorum punctatum is a medicinal fern commonly called the Fishtail Fern.

Juice extracted from the fronds (leaves) of the fern is used as purgative, diuretic, and wound healing agents.[1]

Microsorum punctatum Grandiceps

References

  1. ^ Sharma UK, Pegu S. Ethnobotany of religious and supernatural beliefs of the Mising tribes of Assam with special reference to the 'Dobur Uie'. J Ethnobiol Ethnomedicine 2011; 7(1): 16.