Did you know about Paku Tangkur Naga plant?If you know, please explain about it!?

Question

Did you know about Paku Tangkur Naga plant?If you know, please explain about it!?

Answer 1

Do you happen to have its scientific name? Nothing is coming up with that common name...

Answer 2

This site:

http://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind...

says that the scientific name of pakis tangkur naga is  Polypodium feei (Bory) Mett. and I hope that`s correct.

The links on the site don`t work.

There are some sites about pakis tangkur naga, but I can`t understand the language. May be you are able.

You don`t explain what you want to know about this plant

Therefore it should be the best to google the scientific name, to find what you are looking for.

As short summary:

It`belongs to Polypodiaceae ( ferns ) having rounded naked sori; complete taxonomy and more details:

http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/P/Polypodiu...

It  grows at the base of trees

http://www.belindo.com/default.aspx?NavI...

It contains a proanthocyanidin ( shellegueain A ) with analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11081...

http://www.naturalstandard.com/index-abs...