| Ailment
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Wound +
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| Ailment type
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Accidents +
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| Bloom type
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annual +
, Perennial +
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| Class
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Filicopsida +
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| Commercial application
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Human consumption +
, Ornamental use +
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| Commercial use description
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Mostly used in cooking. It is also used as an ornamental plant in aquariums. +
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| Common Indian names
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Panirkarela (Misc) +
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| Common name
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Water sprite, Indian fern, Water fern, Oriental waterfern, Water hornfern +
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| Cultivation details
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It grows best in soil with a pH reading of … It grows best in soil with a pH reading of 5-9 and in very high amounts of light. It usually grows quickly.
Ceratopteris thalictroides can benefit well (like all aquatic plants) from the addition of CO2. The plants reproductive technique is similar to other ferns; small plantlets are grown on the mother plant and are then released when ready.
It can provide useful shade to shyer fish and small fry. The dense roots are said to take nutrients out of the water helping to prevent the growth of algae.er helping to prevent the growth of algae. +
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| Division/Phylum
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fern +
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| Family
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Parkeriaceae +
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| Food plant part
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Leaves +
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| Food use
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Yes +
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| Food use description
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Plant used in cooking in Madagascar, Malaysia and some other parts of the world. Grown as a vegetable in India and used in salads (Ref: Cook). +
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| Genus
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Ceratopteris +
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| Habitat details
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Swampy areas, swamp forests, sago (Metroxy … Swampy areas, swamp forests, sago (Metroxylon) swamps, marshes, natural and man-made ponds, mostly in stagnant water bodies or in still pockets along slow flowing rivers, full sun to moderate shade, from sea level to 1300 m, but mostly less than 500 m altitude. Sometimes massed on or around logs or other floating vegetation, once recorded in a fresh-water mangrove (Sonneratia) growing among the finger-like pneumatophores. In some areas Ceratopteris exhibits a degree of seasonality, reaching maturity and shedding spores during the dry season; plants have lost nearly all sterile fronds by this stage. The species has been reported to functionally be an annual, repopulating from spore the next season, but it is clearly of indefinite lifespan in cultivation.rly of indefinite lifespan in cultivation. +
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| Header caption
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Ceratopteris thalictroides or +
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| Header image
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Ceratopteris thalictroides.JPG +
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| IUCN status
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Not Evaluated +
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| Introdescription
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''Ceratopteris'' species are aquatic pteri … ''Ceratopteris'' species are aquatic pteridophytic ferns, generally found in tropical regions. They require a warm climate and lots of water. Two species - ''C. pteridoides'' and ''C. thalictroides'' are found in India. ''C. thalictroides'' or watersprite is used as an ornamental plant in aquariums. It is also cultivated as a vegetable for including in salads, due to its several curly leaves.n salads, due to its several curly leaves. +
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| Leaf blade type
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Simple +
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| Leaf petiole type
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Petiolated +
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| Life cycle details
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The lower leaves are sterile, upper leaves bear buds which can grow into whole plants. Juveniles are free floating or submerged while adults can be submerged, free floating or emergent. The spores are presumably dispersed by water. +
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| Medicinal significance
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Yes +
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| Medicinal system
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Folk Medicine +
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| Medicinal use description
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Leaf powder along with tumeric is applied to unhealed wounds. +
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| Modern scientific knowledge description
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Not much information is present. People have sequenced the genomic sequence of the LEAFY gene which is responsible for leaf development in plants. (Aug 2010). +
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| Order
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Polypodiales +
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| Page creation date
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21 August 2010 +
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| Plant commercial
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Yes +
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| Plant height
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Up to 3 feet +
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| Plant medicinal part
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Leaves +
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| Plant toxic effect details
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Excessive intake may cause cancer. +
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| Plant toxic effects
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Yes +
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| Plant type
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Fern +
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| Regnum
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Plantae +
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| Species name
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w:Ceratopteris thalictroides +
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| State
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Assam +
, Andhra Pradesh +
, Andaman and Nicobar Islands +
, Arunachal Pradesh +
, Bihar +
, Goa +
, Gujarat +
, Karnataka +
, Kerala +
, Maharashtra +
, Manipur +
, Meghalaya +
, Orissa +
, Rajasthan +
, Tamil Nadu +
, Tripura +
, Uttar Pradesh +
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| User ID
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User:Gauravm +
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| Water need
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High +
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| Categories |
Stubs +
, Plants +
, Species page +
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| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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6 September 2010 15:09:44 +
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