Vegetable Fern

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Diplazium esculentum

Vegetable Fern, a reference photo
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Diplazium esculentum, the vegetable fern, is an edible fern found throughout Asia and Oceania. It is probably one of the most commonly consumed ferns.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Vegetable Fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Polypodiopsida
Order
Polypodiales
Family
Athyriaceae
Species
Diplazium esculentum

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