Paesia scaberula. Mātātā. Scented fern. Ring fern.
Previous names
Pteris scaberula
Māori names
mātā, mātātā (Best, Williams 1971)
Common names
Scent
A scented fern. See Briggs 1947.
"..sticky glandular hairs strongly scented in warm weather" ( Brownsey and Smith-Dodsworth 2000)
Medicinal
"The Fronds are bruised and applied to indolent ulcers"(Charles Jeffs, 1888, note on pressed specimen in King Tawhiao Collection, Te Papa).
Metadata
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28 May 2007
6 June 2020