Mazhar Botanic Garden

Polypodium punctatum (L.) Sw.

Terrestrial Elkhorn Fern

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000438
Common name: Terrestrial Elkhorn Fern
English name: Elkhorn fern
Native: China and East Asia
Country: China
(PGR): Rare

Tropical fern fronds  grow 30-120 cm long, 4-10 cm wide spores tiny rounded 01 cm across rhizomes fleshy, slender

Acts both as an epiphyte (growing on other trees/rocks) and a lithophyte (growing directly on boulders and rocks)Varieties: Several cultivated varieties exist, such as the popular Polypodium punctatum Grandiceps, which features unique, crested frond tips (Kew Science)

 

Ornamental.  Indoor. Medicine. Outdoor in tropical.

Microsorum punctatum (L) Copel

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Texture: Loam Moist acidic
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Topography: Rainforest
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Well water
Climates: Tropical
Lights: Light shade Partial shade Sheltered shade
Propagation: Spores - Division
Flowering time: No flowers. reproduce via spores.
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 5.5-7.0
Status: Conservation
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Ferns
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Rare
Vegetation types: Tropical evergreen forest
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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