Polypodium leucotomos is a tropical fern native to the Americas. Taking supplements or using topical creams made from the plant is thought to help treat inflammatory skin conditions and protect ...
Calagula, calagualine, ferns, Polypodiaceae (family), Polypodium cambricum, Polypodium decumanum, Polypodium vulgare, samambaia. Extracts of fern species (family Polypodiaceae) have been used ...
THE natives of northern Honduras traditionally use an infusion of the rhizomes of the fern Calaguala (Polypodium leucotomos) as a treatment against malignant tumours.
There is a truly remarkable plant in my garden. It grows on top of a dry-stone wall, with nothing more nutritious to feed on than limestone dust. Shrivelled to a crisp in early summer, it recovers by ...
IN two recent publications 1,2 on the cytogenetics of “Polypodium vulgare” the situation in Europe has been made fairly clear. There are three distinct species (perhaps ecospecies), one of which, the ...
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Norway: roots used to obtain flour for bread or porridge.
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