Asplenium polyodon G. Forst.
| Synonym : | Asplenium falcatum Lam. Asplenium adiantoides (L.) C. Chr. Asplenium intermedium Kaulf. Trichomanes adiantoides L. |
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| Bangla Name : | - |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Aspleniaceae |
| Disease : | Jaundice and malarial fever. |
| Description : | A tufted fern, stipes 15-23 cm long, erect, greyish, glabrous, or more or less scaly, fronds 15-60 cm long and 10-20 cm broad, pinnae 6-20 pairs, lanceolate, often caudate, 1.25-2.5 cm broad, the edges serrated or lobed, the two sides unequal, and the lower one at the base obliquely-truncate, rachis glabrous or fibrillose, sori in long irregular lines reaching nearly to the margin. |
| Distribution : | All over Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | The plant is used in enlarged spleen, incontinence of urine, calculus, jaundice and as an alterative in cases of prolonged malarial fever. |
| Habit : | Herb |