Ferns with variable size 50-90 cm long, with tufted fronds, oblique rhizome. Rachis lanceolate, whith clear scales. Limbe lanceolate, bipinnate - tripinnatifid. Pinnule with dentate lobes, acute teeth. Sorus with small indusium, brown, ovate.
1 000 - 1 500 m.
Syn. Aspidium inaequale ; Dryopteris filix-massubspelongata.
Humbert H., 1950. 5è Famille - Aspidiaceae. Flore de Madagascar (Plantes vasculaires). Ed. Imprimerie Officielle Tananarive. pp 302-361.
Taxonomy:family | Dryopteridaceae |
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Plant growth form | Fern |
Vegetation | Humid forest |