English: Downy shild fern; Toothed wood fern.
Synonym: Thelypteris dentata.
Names: Binung.
Genus: ± 70-80 species.
Clades: Pelazoneuron; Thelypteridoideae;
Thelypteridaceae.
Region: Australia, Pacific islands, Hawaii.
Habitat: tropical and subtropical; margins of rainforest, by streams, more open forests; with adequate moisture; : in moist, wooded areas, forests, stream banks, and wetlands; prefers shaded and damp environments.
Use: edible
BotanyFern; moderate in length, 10 to 100 cm.
Leaves: pinnate; leaflets toothed, lance-shaped, deeply lobed.
Stem: rhizomes, horizontal, underground; spreading via rhizomes.
Sori: along the margins of the leaflets; often covered by indusia.
Reproduction: via spores.
TaxonomyOther sources sink Christella into a very broadly defined genus Thelypteris.