Accession Data

Pteris ensiformis

Common Name: slender brake

Family: Pteridaceae

Country of Origin: China, Indomalaysia, Queesnland Australia

Uses: Edible: The sweetish tasting young fronds are eaten steamed, used as flavoring and is an ingredient in most traditional Taiwanese beverages.

Medicinal: Used in many ways in traditional folk medicine this plant has been shown to have antipyretic, antirheumatic, antidysenteric attributes.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8b-11

Accession #: 200800001

Accession Date: 2008-01-22 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3106

Quantity: 1

Source: unknown

Classification

Division: Ferns

Class: Polypodiopsida

Subclass: Polypodiidae

Order: Polypodiales

SubOrder: Pteridinae

Family: Pteridaceae

SubFamily: Pteridoideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
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2013

References

  1. The Plant List(2013). Last accessed Sunday, 3 February, 2019.
  2. Pakong-parang at Phillipine Medicinal Plants. Last accessed Sunday, 3 February, 2019.

Images

Pteris ensiformis