A small and delicate fern. Stipes are tufted, slender, dark brown, shining, glabrous, and 5 to 20 centimeters long. Fronds are simply pinnate, 10 to 30 centimeters long, and 5 to 8 centimeters wide. Leaflets are slenderly stalked, thin, oblong to semilunate in outline, 1 to 3.5 centimeters long and 0.8 to 1.5 centimeters broad, the lower margin being nearly straight or forming an angle at the insertion of the stalk, the upper margin, semicircular, entire, or slightly lobed. Sori are oblong to liar, and are as long as the lobes are broad.

Stomachic and diuretic (decoction of fresh leaves).

Bureau of Plant Industry
The Database of Medicinal Plants in Yunnan

The decoction of fresh leaves is used as a cure for dysentery. The fronds, either in decoction or a syrup are administered to women in childbirth. The plant is used pyelonephritis, edema, testicular pain, menstrual disorders, mastitis, dysentery, infectious hepatitis, cystitis, urethritis, fever, cough, bleeding and snake bites.