Phlebodium decumanum is a species of fern in the family Polypodiaceae native to Mexico and Tropical America. Calaguala is an extract from the fern that has been used as cancer and psoriasis treatment.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Phlebodium decumanum 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.
Easily confused with
- Phlebodium aureum
- Drynaria sparsisora
- Drynaria quercifolia
- Phlebodium pseudoaureum
- Serpocaulon triseriale
- Drynaria meyeniana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Polypodiaceae
- Genus
- Phlebodium
- Species
- Phlebodium decumanum
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