Plant Details

Accepted name:: Adiantum aethiopicum L. [Pteridaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: Adiantum aethiopicum var. viridissimum Sodiro

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common maidenhair fern	Other	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
hansapadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karbarra	Other	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
ma-o-rw-metsoo	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
small maidenhair fern	Other	Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
thaamara shikhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fronds		Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016)
rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Adiantum aethiopicum f. assimile (Sw.) F.M.Bailey Compr. Cat. Queensland Pl.: 641 (1913).
Adiantum assimile Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 83 (1801).
Adiantum aubertii Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 310 (1827).
Adiantum princeps T.Moore Gard. Chron., n.s., 4. 197 (1875).
Adiantum subtrapezoideum Christ Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 1094 (1904).
Adiantum trigonum Labill. Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 99 (1806).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Adiantum aethiopicum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Adiantum aethiopicum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Noongar Bush Med., W Australia (Hansen & Horsfall, 2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Adiantum aethiopicum Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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