Diplazium esculentum
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D. esculentum
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Athyrium esculentum |
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Vegetable fern (Diplazium esculentum) is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably the most commonly consumed fern.[1] The young fronds are stir-fried as a "vegetable" or used in salads.[2][3]
In Hawaii it is used to make pohole.
Description
It is known as pucuk paku in Malaysia, paco in the Philippines,[2] dhekia (ঢেকীয়া) in Assam "Dhenkir Shaak (ঢেঁকির শাক) in Bengali, and linguda in northern India, referring to the curled fronds. In Thailand it is known as phak khut (Thai: ผักกูด). They may have mild amounts of fern toxins but no major toxic effects are recorded.[4]
Diplazium esculentum is sometimes grown as a house plant.
The genus Diplazium is in the family Athyriaceae, in the eupolypods II clade[5] of the order Polypodiales,[6] in the class Polypodiopsida.[7]
Pharmacological effects
The extract also had alpha-glucosidase inhibitory activity.[8]
References
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- ↑ Chai TT, Yeoh LY, Mohd Ismail NI, Ong HC, Abd Manan F, Wong FC (2015) Evaluation of glucosidase inhibitory and cytotoxic potential of five selected edible and medicinal ferns. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 14 (3): 449-454.
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