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[[File:DiplaziumEsculentumCoorg.jpg|thumb|right|''Vegetable fern'', ''Diplazium esculentum'']]
'''Vegetable fern''' is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably the most commonly consumed fern. The plant is bipinnate with long brownish petioles, and the petiole base is black and covered with short scales.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Rheumatism}}, {{Uses|Lung problems}}, {{Uses|Indigestion}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|lanceolateLanceolate|entire Entire or rarely fimbriate, dark brown, membranous}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|simpleSimple||clearly Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||manyMany}}
===Other features===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|open Open marshy areas}}, {{Commonly seen|stream Stream banks}}, {{Commonly seen|canals Canals from sea}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
Dahuisi South Road, Beijing - IMG 0999.jpg |Readdy leavesKalettes stem and indivisual.jpg |StemKhanaeng.jpg|Leaves Leafy vegitablesStarr 070321-6087 Diplazium esculentum.JPGjpg|Field LeafyVegetablesDiplazium esculentum kz1.JPG LeafyVegetables02.JPG LeafyVegetables03.JPG LeafyVegetables04.JPGjpg|Leaves
</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.jocpr.com/abstract/nutritional-and-phytochemical-screening-and-total-phenolic-and-flavonoid-content-of-diplazium-esculentum-retz-sw-from-ph-3608.html "Pharmaceutical Research"]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/242436 "Diagnostic"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Diplazium+esculentum "Cultivation Details"details]</ref>
</references>
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Athyriaceae]]
