Athyriaceae
Vegetable fern
Diplazium esculentum
- Family
- Athyriaceae
- Genus
- Diplazium
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Common names
By language (23)
- ami
- Pahko^
- Arabic
- ديبلازيوم إسكلنتوم
- Assamese
- ঢেকীয়া
- Bangla
- ঢেঁকি শাক
- bik
- Pako
- Burmese
- ဍရင်ကောက်ပင်
- Cantonese
- 菜蕨
- Chinese
- 過溝菜蕨, 食用双盖蕨, 菜蕨
- Czech
- Kapraď jedlý
- English
- Vegetable fern
- Filipino
- Pakô
- Igbo
- Vegetable fern
- Indonesian
- Paku sayur
- Malay
- Paku tanjung, Paku anjing, Paku benar, Paku besar, Paku sayur
- nan
- Koeh-niau, Keh-niau, Koè-kau-chhài, Koè-niau, Koè-niau-chhài, Koè-niau-chháu, Kè-kau-chhài, Kè-niau
- Nepali
- पानीनिहुरो
- pwn
- Sarudringay
- Russian
- Диплазиум съедобный
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈၽၵ်းၵုတ်ႇ, ၽၵ်းၵုတ်ႇ
- Spanish
- Paca
- Sundanese
- Paku sayur
- Thai
- ผักกูด
- Vietnamese
- Rau dớn, Dớn rừng, Rau dớn rừng, Thái quyết
Synonyms
- Anisogonium esculentum (Retz.) C.Presl
- Anisogonium serampurense C.Presl
- Anisogonium serrulatum C.Presl
- Asplenium ambiguum Sw.
- Asplenium bipinnatum Roxb.
- Asplenium esculentum (Retz.) C.Presl
- Asplenium esculentum (Retz.) Wall.
- Asplenium malabaricum (Spreng.) Mett.
- Asplenium manilense Spreng.
- Asplenium moritzii Mett.
- Asplenium proliferum Wall.
- Asplenium puberulum Wall.
- Asplenium pubescens Mett.
- Asplenium serrulatum C.Presl
- Asplenium umbrosum (Moritzi) Mett.
- Asplenium vitiense Baker
- Athyrium ambiguum (Sw.) Milde
- Athyrium esculentum (Retz.) Copel.
- Athyrium serrulatum Milde
- Callipteris ambigua (Sw.) T.Moore
- Callipteris esculenta (Retz.) J.Sm.
- Callipteris malabarica (Spreng.) J.Sm.
- Callipteris serampurensis Fée
- Callipteris serrulata Fée
- Callipteris wallichii J.Sm.
- Digrammaria ambigua C.Presl
- Digrammaria ambigua (Sw.) Hook.
- Digrammaria esculenta (Retz.) Fée
- Diplazium ambiguum (Sw.) Hook.
- Diplazium malabaricum Spreng.
- Diplazium manilense (Spr.) C.Chr.
- Diplazium serampurense Spreng.
- Diplazium umbrosum Moritz
- Diplazium vitiense (Baker) Carruth.
- Gymnogramma edulis Ces.
- Hemionitis esculenta Retz.
- Hemionitis incisa Blanco
- Microstegia ambigua (Sw.) C.Presl
- Microstegia esculenta (Retz.) C.Presl
- Microstegia serrulata C.Presl
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.