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Bracken fern
Pteridium esculentum
About
Pteridium esculentum, commonly known as bracken fern, Austral bracken or simply bracken, is a species of the bracken genus native to a number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Although it is now known to contain the carcinogen ptaquiloside, the rhizome of the plant was a staple in traditional Māori diets in New Zealand and was eaten by Indigenous Australians.
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pteridium esculentum
- Slug
- pteridium-esculentum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae
- Genus
- Pteridium
- Species
- esculentum
- Wikidata QID
- Q3410261
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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