Walking maidenhair fern (Adiantum philippense)

#Dlium Walking maidenhair fern (Adiantum philippense) is a species in the Pteridaceae, succulents with tendrils tend to be unbranched, fibrous roots, arising from rhizomes with short creeping and irregularly branched, 50 mm long, 2 mm wide, base of stem midrib covered with dark brown scales with 1mm long.

A. philippense has leaves curved to erect, 10-50 cm long, 6-20 cm wide and triangular in shape. Frond stalks and axes are dark reddish brown to black and shiny. The petiole is usually longer than the lamina. Laminas divided 3-4 pinnate, final segments smooth, herbaceous and up to 1 cm wide.

The ultimate segment is wedge-shaped and has a thin, red-black stalk. The leaf segments are sterile, larger than the fertile leaves. The sori are 'U' shaped and arranged either at the margins of the veins or at the ends and are less than 4 mm wide. Each sorus is covered with a pale or whitish membrane.

Walking maidenhair fern grows to form colonies, easy to grow in lowlands to highlands, damp places, banks of ditches or rivers, cliffs, rock fractures or walls.

This species grows at an elevation of 0-4000 meters. Many are grown as ornamental plants. This plant however does not like direct sunlight, but the leaves will lose vitality if planted in full shade. Plants need very moist, black soil and a pH of 6-7.

This plant contains triterpenes (filicene and filicenal) isohopane and neohopane [Neohop-12-eno; Neohop-18-en-12a-ol; 13-Epineohop-18-en-12a-ol; Neohop-13(18)-en-19a-ol; Neohopa-11,13(18)-diene], norhopana (trisnorhopane; isoglaucanone; glaucanol B acetate; 21-Hydroxy-30norhopan-22-ona; Isoadiantol B), Fernano[Fern-9(11)-en-25-ol ; Fern-9(11)-ena; Fern-7-en-25-ol; 7-fernene; 25-Norfern-7-en-10b-yl format; 7alpha,8alfa-Epoxyfernan-25-ol 7b,25-Epoxyfern-8-ene; 7 beta,25-Epoxyfern-9(11)-en-8 alpha-ol], Adiane, and Filicane [Adian-5-en-3a-ol; Adian-5-en-25-ol; Philicenal; 4,23-Bisnor-3,4-secophilic-5(24)-en-3al; and 4,23-Bisnor-3,3-dimethoxy-3,4-secophilic-5(24)-ene], flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, 3-glucuronide, astragalin).

The most common traditional uses are as an analgesic, expectorant, diuretic, treating digestive problems, colds and treating mouth blisters.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Polypodiopsida
Subclass: Polypodiidae
Order: Polypodiales
Suborder: Pteridineae
Family: Pteridaceae
Subfamily: Vittarioideae
Genus: Adiantum
Species: Adiantum philippense
Subspecies: Adiantum philippense ssp. intermedium, Adiantum philippense ssp. philippense, Adiantum philippense ssp. teestae

Publications :

Chen, C.-W. & al. (2022). An annotated checklist of lycophytes and ferns of the Solomon islands. The Fern Gazette 21: 292-419.

Flora of China Editorial Committee (2013). Lycopodiaceae through Polypodiaceae. Flora of China 2-3: 1-959. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).

Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & Kandel, D.R. (2019). Ferns and Fern-Allies of Nepal 2: 1-446. Government of Nepal, Ministry of Forests and Environment, Department of Plant Resources.

Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2017). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 1: 1-562. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Fraser-Jenkins, C.R. & al. (2018). An Annotated Checklist of Indian Pteridophytes 2: 1-573. Dehra Dun : BSMPS.

Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, C. & a (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].

Newman, M., Ketphanh, S., Svengsuksa, B., Thomas, P., Sengdala, K., Lamxay, V. & Armstrong, K. (2007). A checklist of the vascular plants of Lao PDR: 1-394. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Paris, B.S., Kiew, R., Chung, R.C.K. & Cheah, Y.H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia. Series I: Ferns and Lycophytes, Volume 3. Malayan Forest Records 48: 1-307.

Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

Singh, S.K. & al. (2023). Pteridophytes of Meghalaya. A pictorial guide: 1-246. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh.

Velázquez Montes, E. (2018). Flora de Guerrero 82: 1-230. Facultade de Ciencias, UNAM.

Arabic: سرخس كزبرة البئر المشي
Chinese (Simplified): 半月形铁线蕨
Chinese (Traditional): 半月形鐵線蕨 - 菲島鐵線蕨
English: Walking Maidenhair Fern, Black Maidenhair
Hebrew: שרך עלמה מהלך
Hindi: हंसपाडी
Indonesian: Suplir
Japanese: ハンゲツクジャク
Korean: 워킹 메이든헤어 고사리
Palauan: oecherelakesebekuu
Russian: Адиантум филиппинский
Taiwan: 半月形鐵線蕨
Thai: เฟิร์นก้านดำหางชิงช้า

Location: Baturetno, Wonogiri Regency, Central Java Province, Indonesia.

Aryo Bandoro

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[AselflimitedcapitalisemWmamon]

The uniquely configured shape of that plant: makes a vividly "vibrantly noticeable" (almost startling presence) in the immediate; (nearest proximity type:) landscapes of nature.
Thanks

[salihuhussaini]

Thanks for sending this video, please what is the uses of the plant medical