Asplenium longissimum
Common Name: Spleenwort
Growth Requirements (including habitat): It prefers to grow in semi-shaded conditions on moist, fertile loam soil. The substrate should be sandy or gritty-sandy soil. They tolerate temperatures only above at least 1°C.
Habit (Herb/Shrub/Treelet/Tree): It is a terrestrial fern, short rhizome measuring about 5 mm wide, densely scaly. It has stipes measuring about 20 cm long, and lamina measuring about 1 – 2 m long. It is pinnate and its rachis is usually scaly with narrow scales on the upper surface.
Uses: It is grown as an ornamental plant.
Interesting Information: Genus Asplenium means without spleen and is usually a reference for the fern to cure spleen ailments. Species longissimum refers to the fern’s character of having very long fronds.
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