Lygodium FLEXUOSUM Sw.
| Synonym : | Hydroglossum flexuosum (L.) Willd. Ophioglossum flexuosum L. Ramondia flexuosa (L.) Mirb. |
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| Bangla Name : | Saralata fern (B), Miau-maka-la (Marma), Kuttijurkha (Tanchunga), Huttigurpo (Chakma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Lygodiaceae |
| Disease : | Antibacterial, menorrhagia, rheumatism, sprains, scabies, ulcers, eczema, carbuncles and pain. |
| Description : | A slender and graceful, climbing fern. Fronds stipitate-pinnate with the pinnules again pinnate or variously lobed or sub-palmate, all serrulate, sori protruding from the margin. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong and Chittagong Hill Tracts. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Roots contain flavonoids, quercetin and pentahydroxyflavone-3-O-rutinoside (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | Plant is expectorant and antibacterial, infusion is used in menorrhagia. Marma of Chittagong Hill Tracts applies the plant juice to insect bites as an antidote, after squeezing out a little blood. The fresh root boiled with mustard oil is applied external |
| Habit : | Climber |