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Diplazium esculentum - Vegetable fern

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'''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==
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Vegetable fern (Diplazium esculentum) is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably the most commonly consumed fern.<ref name="fern"/> It is known as pucuk paku in Malaysia, pakô in the Philippines, dhekia (ঢেকীয়া) in Assam "Dhenkir Shaak (ঢেঁকির শাক) in Bengali, and linguda in northern India=Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Rhizomes}}, referring to the curled fronds. In Thailand it is known as phak khut (Thai: ผักกูด). They may have mild amounts of fern toxins but no major toxic effects are recorded{{Parts Used|young leaves}}.
== Description Chemical Composition==Alkaloids, reducing sugars, anthraquinones, anthranol glycosides, cyanidins, phenols, saponins, and proteins in both the ethanolic and aqueous leaf extracts, while cardiac glycosides, leucoanthocyanins, phytosterols, diterpenes<ref name="chemical composition"/>
This plant is a large perennial fern with ascending rhizome of about 20 cm high and covered with short rufous scales of about 1 cm long. The plant is bipinnate with long brownish petioles==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Linguda, and the petiole base is black and covered with short scales. The frond can reach 1.5 cm in length, and the pinnae is about 8 cm long and 2 cm wide.Kothira}}
== Uses Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya===
*The young fronds are stir-fried as a "vegetable" or used in salads.*In Hawaii it is used to make pohole.*A decoction of the leaves is used as a tonic for women after they have given birth.===Rasa===
==Common name=Guna===
* '''English''' - Vegetable fern===Veerya===
== References =Vipaka===
===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Evergreen Fern}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Lanceolate|Entire or rarely fimbriate, dark brown, membranous}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|5-8 x 1-2 cm|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|Simple||Clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||Many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==A plant of the humid tropics<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Open marshy areas}}, {{Commonly seen|Stream banks}}, {{Commonly seen|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|LeavesStarr 070321-6087 Diplazium esculentum.jpg|FieldDiplazium esculentum kz1.jpg|Leaves </gallery> ==References== <references><ref name="fernchemical composition">[httpshttp://webwww.archivejocpr.orgcom/webabstract/20120426005057nutritional-and-phytochemical-screening-and-total-phenolic-and-flavonoid-content-of-diplazium-esculentum-retz-sw-from-ph-3608.html Pharmaceutical Research]</httpref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://libnts.avrdcindiabiodiversity.org.tw/fulltext_pdfspecies/show/ebook1242436 Diagnostic]</10-21%20vegetable%20fern.pdf ref> <ref name="Vegetable fernHow to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Diplazium+esculentum Cultivation details]</ref>
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== External Links == * [http://2beingfit.com/vegetable-fern/# Diplazium esculentum on 2being fit.org]*[https://enwww.researchgate.wikipedianet/publication/285576327_CHEMICAL_PROFILE_OF_DIPLAZIUM_ESCULENTUM_RETZ_SW_A_MEDICINAL_FERN_FROM_WESTERN_GHATS 1 CHEMICAL PROFILE OF DIPLAZIUM ESCULENTUM (RETZ.org) SW.]* [http://wiki.medicinalplants-uses.com/index.php?title=Diplazium_esculentum Diplazium esculentum-Wikipediaon wiki medicinal plants]* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975357511801045 Antibacterial activity of Diplazium esculentum]
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[[Category:Athyriaceae]]
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