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Asplenium aethiopicum
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English: Malayalm: |
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Distribution in Kerala |
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Munnar, Anamalai, Devikulam, Umaiyamala, Kanthallur,
Mannavan shola, Chinnakanal, Thekkady, Idukki, |
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On fully or partially shaded stream banks of the forests of
high altitude. |
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Key
Botanical Characters Rhizome erect or suberect, densely
clothed by scales all over. Petiole purplish black. Leaves bipinnate to
tripinnatifid. Petiole short, gradually reduced towards the tip into a lobed
broad wing, leaflets shortly stalked. Both petiole and rachis clothed by
small decidous scales similar to those on the rhizome. Stalk of the primary
leaflets and both surfaces of leaflets also bear similar type of scales which
are less distributed. Sori linear, formed on veins.  |
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