Fern or Pako PRODUCT NAME
Athyrium esculentum SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | fern or Pako |
| Local Name: | Tagalog-Pako. |
| Family: | Polypodiaceae |
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| Product Description: | It is has twice or thrice pinnate fronds, which are 50 to 80cm long, and about half as wide as long |
| NTFP Classification: | Food and food ingredients (plant-derived) |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is widely distributed in the Archipelago and is a characteristic plant on gravel bars and banks of swift streams |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | other |
| Uses: | The young fronds of this fern are eaten in all parts of the Islands either fresh as a salad or cooked as a green vegetable |
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| Management Practices: | In many Philippines towns pako can always be found in the market. |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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