{"id":7989,"date":"2021-06-23T13:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T19:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:08:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T19:08:25","slug":"schizaea-dichotoma-branched-comb-fern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/schizaea-dichotoma-branched-comb-fern\/","title":{"rendered":"Schizaea dichotoma : Branched Comb Fern"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Official page: <a href=\"https:\/\/treeleavesoracle.com\/lore\/?p=99\">https:\/\/treeleavesoracle.com\/lore\/?p=99<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Schizaea dichotoma<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fairy comb, branched comb fern, schizaea, fan fern<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A small terrestrial fern and Australian plant found on the heath, in open forests, and sandy soils.  It is an unusual fern that produces fertile fronds that look like fairies&#8217; combs. It is often upright with upwards of 20 segments, 2+ branched. The repeatedly forked leaves lobes end in sorophores. Rhizomes short creeping upwards of 6 cm in length that is covered with coarse, lustrous, brown hairs extending 2-3 mm in length.  It is common in Australia, New Zealand, Malesia, and Papua New Guinea, as well as Pacific Ocean Islands. It grows approximately 20-40 cm high.  It is named after the Greek word &#8220;dichotoma&#8221; meaning &#8220;twice cut&#8221; because of its fronds branched nature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Uses:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Indonesian folk traditions, the root is used to treat coughs and other throat issues as well as a childbirth tonic for women.  In Malaysian lore, a decoction of the roots are used to treat coughs, and when mixed with other herbs to treat kidney issues and impotency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>References:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>nzpcn.org.nz  n.d.  &#8220;Schizaea dichotoma&#8221;  New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Website referenced 6\/23\/21 at https:\/\/www.nzpcn.org.nz\/flora\/species\/schizaea-dichotoma\/<\/li><li>Smith, J.E.  n.d.  &#8220;Schizaea dichotoma (PROSEA)&#8221;. Pl@ntUse. Website referenced 6\/23\/21 at https:\/\/uses.plantnet-project.org\/en\/Schizaea_dichotoma_(PROSEA)<\/li><li>Wikipedia  n.d.  &#8220;Schizaea dichotoma&#8221;.  Website referenced 6\/23\/21 at https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Schizaea_dichotoma<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"2560\" data-id=\"7992\" data-link=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/?attachment_id=7992\" data-url=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/050211-049-scaled-1.jpg\" data-width=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/050211-049-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/050211-048-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7991\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official page: https:\/\/treeleavesoracle.com\/lore\/?p=99 Schizaea dichotoma The fairy comb, branched comb fern, schizaea, fan fern A small terrestrial fern and Australian plant found on the heath, in open forests, and sandy soils. It is an unusual fern that produces fertile fronds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/schizaea-dichotoma-branched-comb-fern\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[322,399,462,517,634,641,654,865,926,1366,1367,1548,1566,1604],"class_list":["post-7989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-botany","tag-branched-comb-fern","tag-childbirth","tag-coughs","tag-dichotoma","tag-fairy-comb","tag-fan-fern","tag-ferns","tag-impotency","tag-kidney-issues","tag-schizaea","tag-schizaea-dichotoma","tag-throat-issues","tag-tonic","tag-twice-cut"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technotink.net\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}