Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott [Polypodiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
forked sword fern	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
giant sword fern	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
macho fern	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paku anjing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paku larat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paku sagah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
parni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 95 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nephrolepis acuta (Schkuhr) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Aspidium acuminatum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 221 (1810).
Aspidium acutum Schkuhr 24. Kl. Linn. Pfl.-Syst. 1: 32 (1806).
Aspidium articulatum Siebold Exsicc. (Syn. Fil.), nom. illeg.
Aspidium bidentatum (C.Presl) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(1): 99 (1827).
Aspidium biserratum Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 32 (1801).
Aspidium biserratum var. furcans (T.Moore) Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 262 (1931).
Aspidium biserratum var. paraense Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 262 (1931).
Aspidium ensifolium Schkuhr 24. Kl. Linn. Pfl.-Syst. 1: 32 (1806).
Aspidium exaltatum var. longipinna Benth. Fl. Austral. (1878).
Aspidium gibbosum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 222 (1810).
Aspidium guineense Schumach. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 455 (1827).
Aspidium hoffmannseggii Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 509 (1816).
Aspidium mauritianum Desv. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 320 (1811).
Aspidium nigropunctatum Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 7 (1822).
Aspidium paraense Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 228 (1810).
Aspidium punctulatum (Poir.) Sw. Syn. Fil. (Kiliae): 46 (1806).
Aspidium rufescens (Wawra) Kunze Flora 22(1, Beibl.): 34 (1839), nom. illeg.
Aspidium splendens Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 5: 220 (1810).
Hypopeltis amygdalina Bory in C.P.Bélanger, Voy. Indes Or., Bot. 2(1): 64 (1833).
Hypopeltis biserrata (Sw.) Bory in C.P.Bélanger, Voy. Indes Or., Bot. 2(1): 65 (1833).
Hypopeltis palmoides Bory in C.P.Bélanger, Voy. Indes Or., Bot. 2(1): 65 (1833).
Lepidoneuron acuminatum (Willd.) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 301 (1852).
Lepidoneuron biauritum (C.Presl) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 301 (1852).
Lepidoneuron bidentatum (C.Presl) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 301 (1852).
Lepidoneuron biserratum (Sw.) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 301 (1852).
Lepidoneuron punctulatum (Poir.) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 301 (1852).
Lepidoneuron rufescens (Wawra) Fée Mém. Foug., 5. Gen. Filic.: 301 (1852).
Nephrodium acuminatum (Willd.) C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 31 (1825).
Nephrodium acutum (Schkuhr) C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 31 (1825).
Nephrodium bidentatum C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 32 (1825).
Nephrodium biserratum (Sw.) C.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 1: 31 (1825).
Nephrodium gibbosum (Willd.) Gaudich. Voy. Uranie: 338 (1828).
Nephrodium guianense Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 253 (1827).
Nephrodium hoffmanseggii Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 252 (1827).
Nephrodium mauritianum Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 252 (1827).
Nephrodium palmoides Rich. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe 2: XXXIX (1834).
Nephrodium punctulatum (Poir.) Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 253 (1827).
Nephrodium rufescens Schrad. Gött. Gel. Anz. 87: 869 (1824).
Nephrodium timoriense Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 253 (1827).
Nephrolepis acuminata (Willd.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis acuta var. laurifolia Christ Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23: 355 (1896).
Nephrolepis arthropteroides G.Kunkel Nova Hedwigia 6: 205 (1963).
Nephrolepis biaurita C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 43 (1851).
Nephrolepis bidentata (C.Presl) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. auriculata Ching Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 2: 378 (1959).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. digitiformis G.Kunkel Nova Hedwigia 6: 206 (1963).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. furcans (T.Moore) L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2132 (1916).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. glabrata Domin Vĕstn. Král. České Společn. Nauk. Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1929(2): 237 (1929).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. glandulosa Kuhn Filic. Afr.: 27 (1868).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. mauritiana (Desv.) Kuhn Filic. Afr.: 155 (1868).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. normalis Domin Vĕstn. Král. České Společn. Nauk. Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1929(2): 237 (1929), not validly publ.
Nephrolepis biserrata subsp. punctulatum (Poir.) Bonap. Notes Ptéridol. 1: 165 (1915).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. rufescens (Schrad.) Luetzelb. Estud. Bot. Nordéste 3: 246 (1923).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. subferruginea Hook. Sp. Fil.: 153 (1862).
Nephrolepis biserrata var. subintegrifolia Domin Vĕstn. Král. České Společn. Nauk. Tř. Mat.-Přír. 1929(2): 237 (1929).
Nephrolepis caudata Christ Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 3(1): 27 (1909).
Nephrolepis davallioides var. furcans T.Moore in G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 445 (1885).
Nephrolepis dayakorum Bonap. Notes Ptéridol. 7: 399 (1918).
Nephrolepis depauperata de Vriese Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1: 9 (1846).
Nephrolepis ensifolia (Schkuhr) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis exaltata var. biserrata (Sw.) Baker in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 1(2): 493 (1870).
Nephrolepis falcata f. furcans (T.Moore) Proctor Rhodora 63: 32 (1961).
Nephrolepis gibbosa (Willd.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis hirsutula var. acuta (Schkuhr) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 816 (1891).
Nephrolepis hirsutula var. biserrata (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 816 (1891).
Nephrolepis hirsutula var. ensifolia (Schkuhr) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 816 (1891).
Nephrolepis hirsutula var. rufescens (Wawra) Bonap. Notes Ptéridol. 10: 267 (1920).
Nephrolepis laurifolia (Christ) Proctor Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 53: 262 (1989).
Nephrolepis macrophylla C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 6: 43 (1851).
Nephrolepis mauritiana T.Moore Index Fil.: 96 (1858).
Nephrolepis mollis Rosenst. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 13 (1925).
Nephrolepis paraensis (Willd.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis persicifolia Christ Nova Guinea 8: 159 (1909).
Nephrolepis pilosula Alderw. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 11: 18 (1913).
Nephrolepis platyotis Kunze Linnaea 23: 268, 312 (1850).
Nephrolepis punctulata (Poir.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis punctulata f. genuina Hieron. Hedwigia 47: 206 (1908), not validly publ.
Nephrolepis punctulata var. rufescens (Schrad.) Kunze Linnaea 21: 230 (1848).
Nephrolepis rufescens (Schrad.) Wawra Bot. Ergebn.: 200 (1866).
Nephrolepis splendens (Willd.) C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis subcordata C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 79 (1836).
Nephrolepis zollingeriana de Vriese Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 1: 10 (1846).
Polypodium flagelliferum Roxb. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 4: 487 (1844).
Polypodium glabrum Burm.f. Fl. Ind.: 235 (1768).
Polypodium integerrimum Vell. Fl. Flumin. 11: t. 60 (1831).
Polypodium nephrolepioides Christ Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, sér. 2, 1: 220 (1909).
Polypodium palmoides Bory in C.P.Bélanger, Voy. Indes Or., Bot. 2(1): 30 (1833), non. nud.
Polypodium punctulatum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 533 (1804).
Polypodium punctulatum var. hirsutum Mett. in F.A.M.Kuhn, Filic. Afr.: 156 (1868).
Polypodium signatum (Blanco) Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 572 (1845).
Polystichum acutum C.Presl Tent. Pterid.: 83 (1836).
Pteris piloselloides Blanco Fl. Filip.: 830 (1837).
Pteris signata Blanco Fl. Filip.: 830 (1837).
Tectaria fraxinea Cav. Descr. Pl.: 250 (1801).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nephrolepis acuta Presl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nephrolepis biserrata (Sw.) Schott.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Nephrolepis biserrata (Swartz) Schott	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Nephrolepis biserrata Schott	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Nephrolepis biserrata Schott.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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