Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Adiantum capillus
Scientific Name and Description
Adiantum capillus-veneris L
Herb Family
Plant type
Fern
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | black maidenhair fern, maidenhair fern, rock fern, southern maidenhair fern, venus-hair fern |
| Hindi | hanspadi, hansraj |
| Kannada | hamsa raaja |
| Urdu | hansraj, parsiawashan, parsiya washan |
| Common names | Southern maidenhair fern, black maidenhair fern, maidenhair fern, venus hair fern, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Unani
Folk
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Adiantum capillus-veneris L. Fern Whole plant Piles and jaundice; cold; Bronchial problems; cough General Kayani et al. 2014, Rao et al 2006
References
Literature
Literature
Kayani et al. 2014
Rao et al 2006
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
A Contribution to the Flora of Namdapha Arunachal Pradesh Author - A S Chauhan, K P Singh, D K Singh
The Flora of Orissa Vol IV Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Citations
Herb citations
Adiantum capillus-veneris. (2024, April 20). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiantum_capillus-veneris