Pteris quadriaurita Retz.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Polypodiopsida > Polypodiales > Pteridaceae > Pteris > P. quadriaurita

Description: Terrestrial herb with erect rhizome 2 x 2.5 cm. Scales 4-4.5 x 0.2-0.5 mm, linear acuminate, dark brownish to black along the middle, pale brownish, translucent, fimbriate along margins. Fronds 80-110 x 25 cm, simply pinnate; stipe 30-35 cm long, scaly beneath, glabrous, polished above, greyish; pinnae 15 x 4 cm, lanceolate, acuminate, deeply divided; basal pinnae unequally bipartite; pinnules 1.5-2.2 x 0.3-0.4 cm, lobed up to costa, oblong, rounded to acute, entire. Veins divided, prominent above and below; spinules present on the costa and costules above. Sori 1-1.5 cm long, yellowish or brown, along the basal margins except at the apex and base. Sporangial capsule 400 x 375 µm, ellipsoid, stalk 450 µm long. Spores 40 x 35 µm, yellowish brown, reticulate.

Flowering and Fruiting : Throughout the year

Uses: It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders.

Cultivation: wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org