Birds-nest fern PRODUCT NAME
Asplenum nidus L. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Birds-nest fern |
| Local Name: | Buntot-kapon (Tagalog); Culantrillo (Bukidnon); Pako (Palawan, Bukidnon, Isabela); Pakong-gubat (Manila). |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
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| Product Description: | The leaves are 40-120cm in length and 6-20cm wide, and radiate in all directions from a common center, from which habit it gets its name |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Ornamental plants |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | It is the commonest native fern found in cultivation in Manila. In the forest it grows in the crotches of trees or along the trunks. It thrives in cultivation as long as it is watered a fairly regular interval, but does best when somewhat sheltered from the wind and the direct rays of the sun |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | The fronds in the form of a decoction area powerful diuretic, used in the treatment of defective urinary secretion, especially that induced by beriberi |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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