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Microsorum grossum
Species of fern From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Microsorum grossum is a fern in the family Polypodiaceae. Found in tropical areas of Australia and Oceania.[1][2]
It was introduced in Hawaii in the late 1910s and has subsequently naturalized rapidly. It is found on all main islands.[3] Its Hawaiian name lauaʻe[3] is thought to have originally referred to the native fern Microsorum spectrum.[4]
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Uses
When crushed, the fern issues a scent similar to maile.[4] Sometimes, pieces of the fern are interlaced in leis made of strung-up keys (individual drupes) of the pandanus fruit.[5][4] It is also one of the plants used for scenting kapa fabric.[6][7]
Folklore
Expanses of the fern famously grows in Makana on Kauaʻi, and is commemorated in song.[8][7]
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