Five-finger fern: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Five-finger fern in English is the name of a plant defined with Adiantum pedatum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Adiantum pedatum f. aleuticum (Rupr.) Clute (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Rhodora (1983)
· Species Plantarum
· Systematic Botany (1988)
· Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus (1786)
· Canad. Journal of Botany (1727)
· Beitraege zur Pflanzenkunde des Russischen Reiches (1845)
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