Acrostichum aureum - Revision history

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 |religious significance=No
 |plant commercial=No
 |species name=Acrostichum aureum
 |mod species name=Acrostichum_aureum

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 |introdescription=''Acrostrichum'' species generally inhabit warm and tropical regions. There are only 2-3 species known. (Source: Cook). This species grows profusely in mangroves and hence is also called Mangrove Fern.
 |Headerimage=Acros aure 080627 0095 smlu.jpg
 |Headercaption=Golden leatherfern photographed in Indonesia
 |Headerspeciesname=Acrostichum aureum
 |username=Gauravm
 |page creation date=2010/08/23
 |species name=Acrostichum aureum
 |common name=Golden leatherfern, Mangrove fern
 |Regnum=Plantae
 |Division=Pteridophyta
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 |Genus=Acrostichum
 |ref source=USDA Plants profile
 |plant general morphology=The rhizomes are short and woody and can either be creeping or erect and covered by scales. Leaves are erect and develop in terminal rosettes. Well developed petioles but shorter than the blades. Leaf is pinnate and upto 3m long. Leaflets are tongue-shaped and upto 40cm long, leathery, with asymmetric base, rounded to cuneate, with entire margins and reticulate veins. The sporangia are not arranged on sori but borne on veins and on leaf tissue, with club-shaped hair scattered regularly on adaxial surface of leaves.
 |ref plant general morph=Cook
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 |leaf blade type=Compound
 |ref leaf blade type=Cook
 |speciesname=Acrostichum aureum
 |speciesname2=Acrostichumaureum
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 |native=Yes
 |ref native=Based on information in Cook
 |medicinal significance=Yes
 |medicinal system=Folk Medicine
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 In folk medicine, rhizomes are pounded into a paste and applied on wounds. Leaves are used to stop bleeding.
 |ref medicinal use description=Uddin09
 |food use=Yes
 |food plant part=Stem, Leaves
 |food use description=Young shoots can be eaten raw (Naturia). Leaves used as cattle feed.
 |religious significance=No
 |plant commercial=No
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 |species name=Acrostichum aureum

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-|introdescription=''Acrostrichum'' species generally inhabit warm and tropical regions. There are only 2-3 species known. (Source: Cook)
+|introdescription=''Acrostrichum'' species generally inhabit warm and tropical regions. There are only 2-3 species known. (Source: Cook). This species grows profusely in mangroves and hence is also called Mangrove Fern.
 |Headerimage=Acros aure 080627 0095 smlu.jpg
 |Headercaption=Golden leatherfern photographed in Indonesia
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 |Class=Filicopsida
 |Order=Polypodiales
-|Family=Pteridaceae (Parkeriaceae)
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 |Genus=Acrostichum
 |ref source=USDA Plants profile

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 |Headerimage=Acros aure 080627 0095 smlu.jpg
 |Headercaption=Golden leatherfern photographed in Indonesia
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 |page creation date=2010/08/23
 |species name=Acrostichum aureum
-|common name=Golden leatherfern
+|common name=Golden leatherfern, Mangrove fern
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 |Class=Filicopsida
 |Order=Polypodiales
-|Family=Pteridaceae
+|Family=Pteridaceae (Parkeriaceae)
 |Genus=Acrostichum
 |ref source=USDA Plants profile
 }}
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+{{Infobox plant morphology
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+|plant general morphology=The rhizomes are short and woody and can either be creeping or erect and covered by scales. Leaves are erect and develop in terminal rosettes. Well developed petioles but shorter than the blades. Leaf is pinnate and upto 3m long. Leaflets are tongue-shaped and upto 40cm long, leathery, with asymmetric base, rounded to cuneate, with entire margins and reticulate veins. The sporangia are not arranged on sori but borne on veins and on leaf tissue, with club-shaped hair scattered regularly on adaxial surface of leaves.
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+|ref plant general morph=Cook
-{{Plant cultural significance}}
+|plant type=Fern
-{{Plant cultivation}}
+|plant height=Up to 3 feet
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 |refkeyword=USDA Plants profile
 |title1=USDA Plants profile of this species
 |url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACAU3
 |year=2010
 |month=08

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