Species: Callipteris esculenta
English Name: Vegetable Fern
Chinese Name: 菜蕨
Family: Athyriaceae
Description:
Its rhizome is erect, more than 1m tall, scales are dark brown.
It is found throughout Asia and Oceania growing in gregarious colonies in open marshy areas, stream banks and canals.
Young fronds are eaten as vegetables.
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References:
– Department of Gardens and Green Areas, Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau of Macao Special Administrative Region, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science 2005. Flora of Macao (Volume 1). Macao, SAR: Author