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Pteris tripartita
Also called Giant Bracken
Giant brake is a tropical fern, native across tropical Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia and the South Pacific. It grows best in warm, humid conditions with steady moisture and filtered light.
Pteris tripartita is a species of fern native to tropical Africa, south and southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, Queensland (Australia) and the South Pacific islands.
Fern · Thinleaf brake · Coastal Brake · Pteris chilensis · Coastal Brake · Cretan brake · Slender brake · Longleaf brake · Lidgate's brake · New Zealand Sweet Fern · Pteris melanocaulon · Pteris microptera
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pteris tripartita 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.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
