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Diplazium esculentum

(Retz.) Sw. (1803)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Pteridophyta Class/Clade: Polypodiopsida Order: Polypodiales Family: Athyriaceae Genus: Diplazium

edible fern, hō‘i‘o [hoio], paca, pohole, vegetable fern, warabi

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Description

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Historical Distribution

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Synonyms (40)

Anisogonium esculentum (Retz.) C.Presl (1836)
Anisogonium serampurense C.Presl (1836)
Anisogonium serrulatum C.Presl (1836)
Asplenium ambiguum Sw. (1801)
Asplenium bipinnatum Roxb. (1844)
Asplenium esculentum (Retz.) C.Presl (1825)
Asplenium malabaricum (Spreng.) Mett. (1856)
Asplenium manilense Spreng. (1827)
Asplenium moritzii Mett. (1856)
Asplenium proliferum Wall. (1829)
Asplenium puberulum Wall. (1830)
Asplenium serrulatum C.Presl (1825)
Asplenium umbrosum Mett. (1856)
Asplenium vitiense Baker (1867)
Athyrium ambiguum (Sw.) Milde (1870)
Athyrium esculentum (Retz.) Copel. (1908)
Athyrium serrulatum Milde (1870)
Callipteris ambigua (Sw.) T.Moore (1857)
Callipteris esculenta (Retz.) J.Sm. (1851)
Callipteris esculenta var. pubescens (Link) Ching (1984)
Callipteris malabarica (Spreng.) J.Sm. (1841)
Callipteris serampurensis Fée (1852)
Callipteris serrulata Fée (1852)
Callipteris wallichii J.Sm. (1841)
Digrammaria ambigua (Sw.) Hook. (1840)
Digrammaria esculenta (Retz.) Fée (1852)
Diplazium esculentum var. pubescens (Link) Tardieu & C.Chr. (1940)
Diplazium malabaricum Spreng. (1827)
Diplazium manilense (Spreng.) C.Chr. (1905)
Diplazium pubescens Link (1833)
Diplazium serampurense Spreng. (1821)
Diplazium umbrosum Moritz (1845)
Diplazium vitiense (Baker) Carruth. (1873)
Gymnogramma edulis Ces. (1876)
Hemionitis esculenta Retz. (1791)
Hemionitis incisa Blanco (1837)
Microstegia ambigua (Sw.) C.Presl (1851)
Microstegia esculenta (Retz.) C.Presl (1851)
Microstegia pubescens (Link) C.Presl (1851)
Microstegia serrulata C.Presl (1851)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Not in flora
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind

Vegetative Reproduction

Bibliography

Name Published In: J. Bot. (Schrader) 1801(2) 312 (1803)

Other References

Palmer 2003:125 (K, O, L, M, H); Staples & Herbst 2005:29 (DESCR); Oppenheimer 2007:21 (Mo); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:163 (remove L [no evidence of nat.])

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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