Family •
Parkeriaceae / Pteridaceae
Pakong-roman
Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn.
WATER FERN
Shui song cao
Scientific names | Common names |
Acrostichum siliquosum L. | Pakong-roman (Tag.) |
Acrostichum thalictroides L. | Pakong-sungay (Tag.) |
Belvisia siliquosa (L.) Mirb. | Pakong-tubig (Tag.) |
Ceratopteris deltoides Benedict | Paku-roman (Malaya) |
Ceratopteris gaudichaudii Brongn. | Floating stag's horn (Engl.) |
Ceratopteris siliquosa (L.) Copel. | Oriental water fern (Engl.) |
Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn. | Swamp fern (Engl.) |
Ellobocarpus cornuta (P.Beauv.) Kaulf. | Water horn fern (Engl.) |
Fucaria cornuta (P.Beauv.) Desv. | Water sprite (Engl.) |
Fucaria thalictroides (L.) Desv. | |
Onychium cornutum (P. Beauv.) Hassak. | |
Pteris siliquosa (L.) P. Beauv. | |
Pteris thalictroides (L.) Sw. | |
Teleozoma thalictroides (L.) R. Br. | |
Pako and its variations is a local name shared by many medicinal plants: (1) Pako - Athyrium esculentum (2) Pakong-alagdan - Blechnum orientale (3) Pakong-anuanag, pako, buhok-virgin, dila-dila - Onychium siliculosum (4) Pakong-gubat, pakong kalabao, Pityrogramma calomelanos (5) Pakong-parang - Pteris mutilata (6) Pakong-roman - Ceratopteris thalictroides. (7) Pakong-tulog, pakong-cipres, Selaginella tamariscina (8) Pakong buwaya - Cyathea contaminans. | |
Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn. is an accepted name. The Plant List |
Other vernacular names |
CHINESE: Shui song cao, Shui jue. |
FRENCH: Fougére de Sumatra, Fougére aquatique flottante. |
INDONESIAN: Bajel. |
JAPANESE: Mizu-warabi. |
VIETNAMESE: Rau Can troi, Ráng Gac nai. |
Updated Dec 2018 / Jun 2017 / Mar 2015
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IMAGE SOURCE: File:Ceratopteris thalictroides.JPG/ Show_ryu / 5 August 2010 / GNU Free Documentaion License/ Creative Commons/ Click on image to go to source page / Wikipedia |
IMAGE SOURCE: File:Ceratopteris thalictroides.JPG / Phuong Tran / 10 October 2010 / Creative Commons / Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) / Click on image to go to source page / flickr |
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