Adiantum LUNULATUM Burm. F.
| Synonym : | Adiantum philippense L. Adiantum lunatum Cav. Adiantum lunulatum var. mettenii Bedd. Pteris lunu |
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| Bangla Name : | Goyalelata, Kalijhant. |
| English Name : | Walking Maiden hair fern. |
| Family : | Adiantaceae |
| Disease : | dysentery, ulcers, erysipelas, burning sensation and epileptic fits |
| Description : | A small fern. Stipes 10-15 cm long, tufted, wiry, naked, polished dark chestnut-brown, fronds 15-30 cm long and 7.6 cm broad, simply pinnate, often elongated and rooting at the apex, pinnae subdimidiate, the lower edge nearly in a line or oblique with the petiole, the upper edge rounded, the rachis and both surfaces naked, sori in continuous lines along the edge. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Comilla, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Saidpur and Satkhira in shade. |
| Chemical Constituents : | The fern mainly contains triterpene, 3,4-epoxyfilicares, flavonoids, adiantone and other related compounds (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | The plant is cooling, alterative, alexiteric, useful in dysentery, ulcers, erysipelas, burning sensation and epileptic fits. Roots are good for strangury and for fever due to elephantiasis. For the treatment of febrile affections in children, the leaves a |
| Habit : | Herb |