Is it poisonous?
We have no record of South Asian bracken 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
- Pteridium arachnoideum
- Pteridium tauricum
- Pteridium feei
- Pteridium aquilinum — considered toxic
- Pteridium latiusculum
- Pteridium pinetorum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Polypodiales
- Family
- Dennstaedtiaceae
- Genus
- Pteridium
- Species
- Pteridium revolutum
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