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Telmatoblechnum indicum
About
Telmatoblechnum indicum or the swamp water fern is often seen growing on sandy soils in swampy areas. The specific epithet indicum is from Latin, revealing this plant was first collected in the East Indies (Java). Indigenous Australians used the starchy rhizome as food.
- Family
- Blechnaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Telmatoblechnum indicum
- Slug
- telmatoblechnum-indicum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Blechnaceae
- Genus
- Telmatoblechnum
- Species
- indicum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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