A small, slow-growing evergreen fern, reaches 35 cm tall, growing in stands from its creeping rhizome, and bears leaves up to 50 cm long.

Diuretic, expectorant (plant); antidandruff, antitussive, astringent, demulcent, depurative, emetic, weakly emmenagogue, emollient, weakly expectorant, febrifuge, galactogogue, laxative, pectoral, refrigerant, stimulant, sudorific and tonic (fresh or dried leafy fronds)

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Tropical Plant Database
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Astragalin, isoquercetin, rutin (leaf); shikimic acid, tannin (plant)

To calm coughs, to promote perspiration and menstruation, and to treat urinary disorders, colds, rheumatism, heartburn, gallstones, alopecia (hair loss), and sour stomach (plant); applied to the forehead to relieve headaches and to the chest to relieve chest pains (frond paste)

Lower blood sugar levels, contraindicated in pregnancy, avoided by women with estrogen-positive cancers.