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Lygodium microphyllum
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Family |
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Local Name |
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English: Old world clmbing fern Malayalm: |
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Distribution in Kerala |
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Mavelikkara, Umayar (Kollam Dt.), Ponmudi, Vallakadavu
(Idukki Dt.), Chandanathode, Kadamthuruthy (Kottayam Dt.), Valiyaparathode,
Kunthipuzha, Walakkad, Silent Valley (Palakkad Dt.), Pookode (Wayanad Dt.). |
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Habitat |
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Open localities and edges of disturbed forests in the plains
and from MSL to 700 m, usually in marshy or semi-marshy areas. |
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Key
Botanical Characters Rhizome underground long creeping,
densely covered by hairs. Petiole brown, rachis twining, similar to petiole.
Leaves climbing, bipinnate. Leaflets opposite, elliptic in outline, pale
green in colour. Sporangia yellowish-brown, short stalked, crowded on the
lobes of fertile leaflets.. |
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