Angiopteris (Sturtevant, 1919)
Angiopteris (Sturtevant, 1919) |
Angiopteris erecta Hoffm.
Filices.
A fern of India, the Asiastic and Polynesian Islands. The caudex, as also the thick part of the stipes, is of a mealy and mucilaginous nature and is eaten by the natives in times of scarcity.