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Angiopteris esculenta Ching

食用观音座莲

Description from Flora of China

Angiopteris acuta Ching; A. parvifolia Ching & Fu.

Fronds 2-4.5 m; stipes smooth. Laminae bipinnate, sometimes tripinnate at base; pinnae 50-60 × ca. 20 cm, with 20-30 pairs of spreading pinnules; pinnules lanceolate, 7-15 × 1-1.8 cm, base cuneate, margins serrate, apices acute. Veins sparse, ca. 10 per cm, false veins absent. Sori almost marginal, with 6-8 sporangia.

● Forests; 1500-2000 m. SE Xizang (Mêdog), Yunnan.


 

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