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Selliguea feei

Selliguea feei
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Polypodiaceae (Polypody fern family)
Grows as
Fern
Native range
China (Guangdong), Malesia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Selliguea feei is a fern belonging to the genus Selliguea in the family Polypodiaceae. This fern can be collected in Indonesia. The species name feei commemorates the botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée.

Safety

Selligueain A is an A type proanthocyanidin trimer and a sweetener that can be extracted from the rhizome of the plant.

Kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside-7-O-α-L-rhamnopyranoside, a known bitter-tasting flavonoid glycoside, (-)-4β-carboxymethyl epiafzelechin (3'-deoxydryopteric acid), epiafzelechin-(4β→8, 2β→O→7)-epiafzelechin-(4β→8)-3'-deoxydryopteric acid methyl ester (selligueain B), and (+)-afzelechin-O-β-4'-D-glucopyranoside were also isolated from the rhizomes of Selliguea feei.

Other Selliguea plants

Arthromeris elegans · Arthromeris mairei · Arthromeris · Gymnogrammitis · Paraselliguea · Spear Leaf Selliquea Fern · Selliguea plantaginea · Selliguea simplicissima · Selliguea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Selliguea feei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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