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Asplenium dalhousiae (Hook.)
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- Local Name:
- Alaf Jari.
- Synonym:
- Ceterach dalhousiae (Hook.) C. Chr.
- Habit & Habitat:
- A perennial fern with rosette of fronds arise from rhizome, found in moist places of sub-tropical and temperate zones.
- Plant Description:
- Stem erect, unbranched,12-16cm tall. Scales lanceolate, black with brown margins.Leaves monomorphic, thick, pinnatifid , narrowly elliptic to narrowly lanceolate. Petiole dark brown. Rachis brown in colour,scaly beneath. Sori long narrow, 3-7 per pinna.Spores pale brown, 64 per sporangium.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- July-December.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- Extract is useful in snakebites and also used as an anthelmentic and vermifuge. Locally its extract in oil is an effective remedy for eczema.
- Part Used:
- Leaf.
- Occurrence:
- Very common at damp places.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Drying, Packing, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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