English: Climbing fern.
Synonym:
Lomariopsis tenuifolia.
Name: meaning, narrow cloak with thin leaves.
Local: Pakis haji.
Clades:
Blechnaceae family.
Region: tropical and subtropical; Asia, Southeast Asia, India, Sri Lanka, northern Australia.
Habitat: mangrove forests, coastal swamps, wetland habitats; tolerates brackish, saline water; intertidal zones.
Ecology: food source for various organisms.
Use: fodder; traditional medicine.
BotanyFern; mangrove.
Stem: rhizomes, creeping underground.
Leaves: large, up to 2 meters; pinnate; leaflets long, narrow, on both sides of a central stalk, lance-shaped, with serrated margins.
Sori: elongated; covered by indusia; located on the undersides of the leaflets.