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Asplenium bulbiferum
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English: Hen and chickens fern,
Mother Spleenwort Malayalm: |
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Distribution in Kerala |
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Wayanad |
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Forest |
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Key
Botanical Characters: Foliage that closely resemble carrot
leaves, but the medium green fronds are studier and more finely divided than
those of carrot leaves. Each fronds is
split into between 20 and 30 leaflets. Small brown bulbils from which arise
replicas of the parent plant appear on the upper surface of several of the
leaflets; these will eventually weigh the whole frond down slightly. Once
grown to about 5 cm (2 inch), these offsprings fall off and when touch the
moist soil they develop a root system and grow into new ferns. This
additional means of reproduction is easier to use for propagation than
spores. |
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