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Drynaria bonii is an epiphytic or rock-dwelling fern from subtropical Southeast Asia, with paper-like scale fronds on its rhizome and larger fertile fronds. It needs bright, humid conditions and a mounted or loose, airy growing medium rather than dense soil.
Drynaria bonii is a species of subtropical fern native to Southeast Asia. Growing as an epiphyte or lithophyte, its rhizome is covered in dry, paper-like fronds while the larger fronds are fertile and bear spores. This fern has long been used in traditional medicine in Vietnam to treat a variety of ailments, and in scientific research, compounds from the plant have demonstrated antibacterial and antioxidant properties.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drynaria bonii 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.
