PAKU LAMODEH ( Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd.)

PAKU LAMODEH
Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd.
Blechnaceae
Vernacular names: climbing (swamp) fern, liane-fern (Eng.); Indonesia:
Javanese: paku bang; Sundanese: paku hurang; Kalimantan: paku merah; the Moluccas: paku merah; Malaysia: akar paku, paku miding, paku ranu; the Philippines: diliman, hagnaya, lanas; Thailand: prong suan, phak kuut daeng, lam matheng
Geographical distribution: from India throughout Southeast Asia to Australia
Uses: rhizomes for binding fish-traps, making baskets, ropes and belts. Used in traditional medicine, edible young leaves
Life form and origin: climbing fern, indigenous plant

The one of five hundred plant species in Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, West Java

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