Davallia divaricata Blume is a plant in the Davalliaceae family, order Polypodiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Davallia divaricata Blume

Davallia divaricata Blume

Davallia divaricata Blume is a Southeast Asian fern used in traditional Chinese medicine and for lung cancer treatment in Taiwan.

Family
Genus
Davallia
Order
Polypodiales
Class
Polypodiopsida

About Davallia divaricata Blume

Davallia divaricata Blume is a fern species belonging to the genus Davallia in the family Davalliaceae. It is native to tropical Southeast Asia. In traditional Chinese medicine, this species is called gusuibu. Davallia divaricata produces davallic acid, which has been used to treat lung cancer in Taiwan.

Photo: (c) 郭伯川, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by 郭伯川 · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Polypodiopsida Polypodiales Davalliaceae Davallia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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