Platycerium coronarium

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Platycerium coronarium

Description

Hairs with 7-8 rays to 0.5 mm long.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Jawa (Jawa present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Indochina to W Malesia present
Indochina to W Malesia. In MalesiaSumatra, Peninsular Malaysia, Java, Borneo, Philippines.

Uses

Ashes are rubbed over the body to cure spleen disease (Burkill & Haniff SF 13618).

Notes

3. Sometimes noted as inhabited by termites. 2. All sporangia, together with the paraphyses, dehisce simultaneously, and are shed in thick tufts of golden-brown fluff. 1 One of the most striking epiphytes of the area, also very common in gardens.

Citation

Blume 1926 – In: J. Malay Br. Roy. As. Soc. p 110
Copel. 1960 – In: Fern Fl. Philipp. p 458
Copel. 1917 – In: Sarawak Mus. J. p 389
Yong 1977 – In: Natura Malaysiana. p 35
Tardieu & C. Chr. 1941: p. 445. – In: Fl. Indo-Chine. f. 52: 1
Copel. 1905: Polypod. Philipp. p 138
De Jonch. 1967 – In: Blumea. p 446
Spr. 1827: Syst. Veg. p 35
Racib. 1898: Pterid. Buitenzorg. p 57
Bedd. 1866: Ferns Brit. India: 109. f. 109
Sw. 1806: Syn. Fil. p 12
Desv. 1972: p. 95. – In: Biotropica. pl. 2: 17, pl. 4: 21, 22, pl. 6: 21, pl. 7: 17, pl. 8: 17
Holttum 1955: p. 138. – In: Revis. Fl. Malaya. f. 57
Joe 1964: p. 86. – In: Baileya. f. 38a, b
Hook. 1864 – In: Spec. Fil. p 285
Backer & Posth. 1939: Varenfl. Java: 248. f. 62
Hoshiz. & Price 1990 – In: Amer. Fern J. p 66
Joe Hoshiz. 1970 – In: Amer. Fern J. pl. 18: 2; pl. 19: 29
Ridl. 1908 – In: J. Straits Br. Roy. As. Soc. p 56
Zamora & Co 1986 – In: Guide Philipp. Flora & Fauna. p 30
Kunze 1848 – In: Bot. Zeitung (Berlin). p 102
Willd. 1810 – In: Sp. Pl. p 111
Hennipman & Roos 1982: Monogr. Platycerium: 92. f. 20e-h, 21
Alderw. 1908: Malayan Ferns. p 711
Bedd. 1892: Suppl. Ferns Brit. India: 445. f. 273
Baker 1868: Syn. Fil. p 425