Stenochlaena palustris

Stenochlaena palustris (Burm. f.) Bedd., Ferns Brit. India (Suppl.): 26, t. 201 26 1876. (Syn: Acrostichum palustre (Burm. f.) C.B. Clarke; Acrostichum scandens (Sw.) Hook.; Lomaria scandens (Sw.) Willd.; Lomariopsis palustris (Burm. f.) Kuhn; Lomariopsis scandens (Sw.) Mett.; Olfersia scandens (Willd.) C. Presl; Onoclea scandens Sw.; Polypodium palustre Burm. f.; Pteris scandens (Willd.) Roxb.; Stenochlaena scandens J. Sm.);

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Tropical & Subtropical Asia to W. Pacific: Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, Fiji, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam, Wallis-Futuna Is., Western Australia as per POWO;
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fern like trailer ID :: 11/03/12 :: Hooghly (WB) SK-2:

Found this trailer in a unkept private property inside a village. While trailing this trailer i noticed that one end this one clung to a coconut tree. I was afraid of exploring more because of fear of snakes. There were many big trees and thick bushes under which i saw this plant.

The leaflets (?) were about a ft each.

Species : Unknown

Type : wild trailer + clinger

Date : 28-Feb-2012, 12.02 p.m.

Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly), WB

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Stenochlaena sps., may it be Stenochlaena palustris

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 It’s Stenochlanea palustris (Blechnaceae) – though only a few of its mature pinnae are visible, down the bottom of the photo.
Edible when the leaves are young and red – and known as Ranga Dhekia in Assam – it just gets as far west as S.E. Nepal in the terai. It starts off in wet, marshy places and the rhizome can then climb up and festoon trees – when it produces fertile leaves with narrow pinna’d, Plagiogyria-like fertile leaves

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Fern Id from Bangladesh_SM_1425 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)

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Coniogramme serrulata F ??

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This is Stenochlaena palustris, edible young, red fronds, and known as Ranga Dhekia in Assam and Bengal.

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References:
POWO