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'''Drynaria quercifolia''' is a robust, epiphytic fern with a long creeping rhizome. It grows up to 1 metre tall. It produces two types of annual frond - short, sterile ones up to 40cm tall. 
==Uses==
{{Uses|Typhoid}}, {{Uses|Dyspepsia}}, {{Uses|Coughs}}, {{Uses|Jaundice}}.

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Spoares}}, {{Parts Used|Division of rootstock}}.

==Chemical Composition==
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==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Ashwakatri|en=|gu=|hi=Kadikpan|kn=Yelemuchcuga, Hanumanapaada|ks=|ml=Marappan Kilangu|mr=|pa=|ta=|te=}}

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===

===Guna===

===Veerya===

===Vipaka===

===Karma===

===Prabhava===

==Habit==
{{Habit|Deciduous fern}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
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===Flower===
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===Fruit===
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===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==

==Where to get the saplings==

==Mode of Propagation==
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==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of moist tropical areas with a distinct dry season, though it can also thrive where there is no dry season.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|An epiphyte}}, {{Commonly seen|Found growing on tree trunks}}, {{Commonly seen|Cliff faces in tropical forests}}.

==Photo Gallery==
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Oak-leaf Fern (Drynaria quercifolia) (8081625913).jpg
Oak-leaf Fern (Drynaria quercifolia) (8082752246).jpg
Oak-leaf fern.jpg
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==References==
<references> 

<ref name="chemical composition">[Chemistry]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[Morphology]</ref>

<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Drynaria%20quercifolia Cultivation]</ref>

</references>

==External Links==
* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/251785 Drynaria quercifolia on indiabiodiversity.org]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282783619_Pharmacognostical_studies_on_a_medicinal_fern_Drynaria_quercifolia_L_J_Sm_Polypodiaceae_Pteridophyta Drynaria quercifolia on researchgate.net]

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