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Diplazium esculentum
Vegetable fern is a large perennial fern from tropical Asia and the southwest Pacific, grown mainly for its young edible fronds. It needs shade and constant moisture, so it does best in a wet, shady spot.
Diplazium esculentum, the vegetable fern, is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably one of the most commonly consumed ferns.
The genus Diplazium is in the family Athyriaceae, in the eupolypods II clade of the order Polypodiales, in the class Polypodiopsida.
The young fronds are stir-fried and used in salads.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diplazium esculentum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
