Microsorum scolopendria (Burm.) Copel.

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    Polypodiaceae
    Microsorum scolopendria (Burm.) Copel.

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    NY Barcode: 3948504

    Occurrence ID: 1ae763d2-b725-4a18-8104-cffa3f0fd21d

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Polypodium Scolopendria Burmann f., FI. Indica, 232,1768.
Rhizome stout, creeping. Stipes up to 30 or more cm. long. Blades up to 40 or more
cm. long, simple but deeply and broadly divided to near the midrib into several linear-
lanceolate, acute lobes. Sori large, commonly in two rows on the lower surface of the lobes.
A common weed in clearings and in rocky areas (9586). The leaves are
used in preparing native medicines. Native name, mamanu.
HERBARIUM
T. G. YUNCKER
DEPAUW UNIV.
ROSARIUM.
25073
Flora of Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
No.
>556
TRUMAN G. YUNCKER HERBARIUM
OF DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (DPU)
PURCHASED BY NY IN 1987
Common on rocky sea cliffs near
Alofi. 20 m. alt. Jan. 11, 1940.
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Coll. T. G. Yuncksr
Dst E.B .Copeland
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