Adiantum INCISUM Forssk.
| Synonym : | Adiantum caudatum L. Adiantum capillus-gorgonis Webb Adiantum caudatum var. glabripinnatumbonap. |
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| Bangla Name : | Mayurshikha, Kharapakha. |
| English Name : | Maiden-hair Fern. |
| Family : | Adiantaceae |
| Disease : | cough, fever and chest affection,diabetes,skin diseases. |
| Description : | A tufted fern. Stipes 5-10 cm long, tufted, wiry, spreading, dark chestnut-brown, tomentose, fronds 15.25-30 cm long, simply pinnate, often elongated and rooting at the extremity, pinnae 12-18 mm long, 6 mm deep, dimidiate, the lower line straight and horizontal, the upper rounded, more or less cut, often deeply and repeatedly, sori roundish or transversely oblong on the edge of the lobes. |
| Distribution : | Chuadanga, Kushtia, Dhaka, Rajshahi in shade. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The fern contains triterpenoids (including adiantone, isoadiantone) and flavonoids (including rutin and isoquercetin), hentriacontane, 16-hentriacontanone, adiantone, isoadiantone, ?-sitosterol and fernene. (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993). |
| Uses : | The leaves are used as a cure for cough, fever and chest affection. They are also employed for diabetes and externally the leaf paste is used to cure skin diseases. It has antibacterial properties also. EtOH(50%) extract of the plant is hypoglycaemic a |
| Habit : | Herb |