| Synonym : | Polypodium quercifolium L.
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| Bangla Name : | Pankhiraj, Pankha, Garur.,Fo-lo-rere (Marma), Ghuddi (Chakma). |
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| English Name : | - |
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| Family : | Drynariaceae |
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| Disease : | Phthisis, fever, dyspepsia, skin diseases, cough, poulticing swellings, bowels, typhoid, jaundice, dysentery. |
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| Description : | Epiphytic or lithophytic fern with dimorphic digitate fronds. Rhizome creeping, densely clothed with red-brown scales. Fronds coriaceous or subcoriaceous of two kinds, sterile ones varying in size from 7.5-30 cm or more, cordate-ovate variously lobate-pinnate, green when young, soon turning dark brown, fertile ones 60-90 cm long, petiolate, broad-ovate, deeply pinnatifid. |
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| Distribution : | All over the country on tree trunk and shady old walls. |
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| Chemical Constituents : | - |
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| Uses : | Whole plant is anthelmintic, pectoral, expectorant and tonic, used in the treatment of phthisis, hectic fever, dyspepsia, skin diseases and cough. The fronds are used for cough and poulticing swellings. Rhizome is tonic and astringent to the bowels, used |
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| Habit : | - |
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