Traditional Herbs from Selaginella willdenowii

high_fever

Take enough peacock fern leaves, wash them until clean.
Soak them in water\u00a0\u00a0wait for a few moments.
Strain then drink.

urinary_infection

Prepare peacock fern leaves as needed, wash until clean.
Boil until boiling.
Let it warm/cold.
Strain then drink.

What is Selaginella willdenowii Looks like??

Parts of Selaginella willdenowii that could be used

Leaves
Stems
Rhizomes

Selaginella willdenowii Distribution

Peacock fern or Selaginella willdenowii is a plant originating from the Andaman Islands, Cambodia, South-Central China, Southeast China, Java, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Thailand, Vietnam and has been introduced to Colombia, Florida, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Queensland. The young leaves of peacock fern can be eaten as a vegetable. In several Asian countries, the aerial parts of this plant are used as traditional medicine. In research, peacock fern also has antioxidant and anticancer activity.
Agroecology of Selaginella willdenowii
Peacock ferns are abundant in forests at an altitude of 100-1,000 m above sea level with high humidity, in semi-shaded or partially shaded to fully shaded conditions.
Morphology of Selaginella willdenowii

Rhizophores confined to the lower part of the main stem or to the top, with several spine-like protrusions at the base (also on the stem axis).
The main stem is branched from the base near the top, striped or reddish, 2.4-diameter 3.5 mm below, angular, sulcate, glabrous. Primary leafy branches 5-15 pairs, 3 times pinnately branched, terminal branches simple or forked, branching sparse and regular, primary branches close together on separate main stem. 6-13 cm, final branches 3-7 mm wide including leaves.
Leaves, where the leaf axils on the main stem are clearly larger than those on the branches, oval, biauriculate (the auricles are larger than those of Selaginella helferi). symmetrical, oval or oval-elliptical, 1.5-2.4 \u00d7 1-1.6 mm, base biuriculate, margin entire asymmetrical, those on the main stem are clearly larger than those on the branches. The dorsal leaves on the branches are close to imbricate, overlapping at the leaf apex, falcate, 0.9-1.4 \u00d7 0.4-0.6 mm, not carinate. , subcordate oblique base, entire margin, blunt apex of cuspidate. The ventral leaves are asymmetrical, those on the main stem are clearly larger than those on the branches. Ventral leaves on branches slightly raised or spread, distant or about, oval, 2.8-4 \u00d7 1-1.5 mm, margin overall, apex obtuse. Acroscopic base with rounded auricles, stem and branches do not overlap.
Strobili solitary, terminal, compact, tetragonal, 5-35 \u00d7 1.8-3.8 mm. Sporophyll unlike sterile leaves, uniform, white edged, suborbicular, intact edge, pointed apex or cuspidate. Megasporophyll in the center on the underside of the strobilus. Orbicular microsporangia, rather thin, the cells are regular. Microspores are pale yellow, megaspores are whitish.

Cultivation of Selaginella willdenowii
Generative propagation using spores. Vegetatively using stem cuttings and separating the saplings from their parents.

Selaginella willdenowii, more details :

Chemical Content of Selaginella willdenowii
Phenolics, alkaloids, terpenoids and flavonoids, isocryptomerin, 4',7''-di-O-methyl-amentoflavone, bilobetin, 2'',3''-dihydro-isocryptomerin, robustaflavone, 7''-O-methyl-robustaflavone .
Benefits of Selaginella willdenowii
Treats wounds, reduces high fever and relieves back pain, and is used as a tonic, treats stomach pain and urinary tract infections, relieves menstrual pain and treats skin diseases such as itching and ringworm, treats depuration and stomach ache, protects after giving birth.
Simplisia of Selaginella willdenowii

Another Facts for Selaginella willdenowii :

Synonym of Selaginella willdenowii
Lycopodium willdenowii Desv.
Habitus of Selaginella willdenowii
Fern. Annual fern, reaching 1-2 m high
Habitat of Selaginella willdenowii