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Dipteris conjugata
Dipteris conjugata is a tropical fern with creeping rhizomes and large, deeply divided fronds that are green above and bluish-grey beneath. It grows best in humid, shaded conditions with moist, well-drained soil.
Dipteris conjugata is a species of fern in the family Dipteridaceae. It has a rhizome, and 2-3 tall stems with mid green or dark green fronds, which have several divisions to toothed lobes. It is grows in clearings, mountain ridges and in forest margins, from tropical and temperate Asia, northern Queensland in Australia and some islands in the Pacific Ocean. It has limited native medicinal uses.
It is sometimes planted as an ornamental plant in Singapore.
It can be grown in poor to well drained soils and is mostly disease and pest resistant.
It is native to tropical and temperate Asia, Australia and some Pacific islands.
It has been used as a medicinal plant to treat various ailments, such as in southern Thailand, the roots have been collected for used in traditional medicine. In Fiji, it is used to treat male reproductive ailments.
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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.
