Davallia divaricata is a fern in the genus Davallia of the family Davalliaceae.
| Davallia divaricata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Polypodiales |
| Suborder: | Polypodiineae |
| Family: | Davalliaceae |
| Genus: | Davallia |
| Species: | D. divaricata
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| Binomial name | |
| Davallia divaricata | |
It is native to tropical Southeast Asia and is used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as gusuibu.[1]
Uses edit
Davallia divaricata produces davallic acid, which has been used in Taiwan in the treatment of lung cancer.[2]
References edit
- ^ Chang, Hung-Chi; Gupta, Sushim Kumar; Tsay, Hsin-Sheng (2011), Kumar, Ashwani; Fernández, Helena; Revilla, Maria Angeles (eds.), "Studies on Folk Medicinal Fern: An Example of "Gu-Sui-Bu"", Working with Ferns, New York, NY: Springer New York, pp. 285–304, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-7162-3_21, ISBN 978-1-4419-7161-6, retrieved 2024-01-04
- ^ Cheng, An-Sheng; Chang, We-Chang; Cheng, Yu-Hsiang; Chen, Kai-Yu; Chen, Kai-Hsien; Chang, Tsu-Liang (November 2012). "The Effects of Davallic Acid from Davallia divaricata Blume on Apoptosis Induction in A549 Lung Cancer Cells". Molecules. 17 (11): 12938–12949. doi:10.3390/molecules171112938. ISSN 1420-3049. PMC 6268845. PMID 23117433.
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