Diplazium esculentum
Vegetable Fern
Also known as: Anisogonium esculentum (Retz.) C.Presl +14 more
- Anisogonium esculentum (Retz.) C.Presl
- Anisogonium serampurens C.Presl
- Anisogonium serampurense (Spreng.) C.Presl
- Anisogonium serrulatum (C.Presl) C.Presl
- Asplenium esculentum (Retz.) C.Presl
- Asplenium esculentum (Retz.) Wall.
- Asplenium malabaricum (Spreng.) Mett.
- Asplenium manilense Spreng.
- Asplenium moritzii Mett.
- Asplenium puberulum Wall.
- Asplenium pubescens Mett.
- Asplenium vitiense Baker
- Athyrium ambigua (Sw.) Milde
- Athyrium ambiguum (Sw.) Milde
- Athyrium esculentum (Retz.) Copel.
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Aspleniaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and the Pacific, Diplazium esculentum (commonly known as Vegetable fern) is a fern belonging to the Aspleniaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to wet tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Fern
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, PACIFIC
Regions (WGSRPD)
China, Eastern Asia, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, Papuasia, Southwestern Pacific
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Azores, Florida, Hawaii, KwaZulu-Natal, Queensland