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Paesia scaberula. Mātātā. Scented fern. Ring fern.

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Pteris scaberula

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mātā, mātātā (Best, Williams 1971) 

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A scented fern. See Briggs 1947.

"..sticky glandular hairs strongly scented in warm weather" ( Brownsey and Smith-Dodsworth 2000)

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"The Fronds are bruised and applied to indolent ulcers"(Charles Jeffs, 1888, note on pressed specimen in King Tawhiao Collection, Te Papa).

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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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