Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Pteridium aquilinum
Scientific Name and Description
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) KUHN
Herb Family
Plant type
Fern
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Pteris aquilina BEDD.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | bracken, bracken fern, brake, eagle fern, hog brake, tsukemono, warabi |
| Hindi | ferns, lingar |
| Malayalam | tavi, thavi |
| Marathi | bracken |
| Tamil | parnai |
| Telugu | mammarda |
| Common Names | bracken, brake, pasture brake, common bracken,eagle fern |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Ethnopharmacology use
Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn
Habit -Fern
Parts used -Root
Treatment -General
References -Chopda and Mahajan 2009
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
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
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Pteridium aquilinum. (2024, June 25). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteridium_aquilinum