Microsorum punctatum
Appearance
Microsorum punctatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Division: | Polypodiophyta |
Class: | Polypodiopsida |
Order: | Polypodiales |
Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
Family: | Polypodiaceae |
Genus: | Microsorum |
Species: | M. punctatum
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Binomial name | |
Microsorum punctatum (L.) Copel.
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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]
References
- ^ 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.