Botanical Name - Adiantum caudatum

----- Adiantum caudatum, Linn, Vern. Same as A.lunalatum. Plants from 8-12 in. Stipe 2-4 in., tufted wiry, dark reddish brown to dark blackish brown, tomentose Fronds 6-8 in. long, simply pinnate, tip elongated like a straight tendril, rooting when buried. Pinnae sessile wedge shaped at the base, deeply cut into several narrow spreading lobes. Surfaces hairy. Texture leathery ; sori on the edge of the lobes, nearly round.

----- Found in the hills of Amrabad ( Mahaboobnagar ) and probably elsewhere as well.