Forest Flora of Hyderabad State - by M Sharfuddin Khan
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Botanical Name - Lygodium flexuosum

----- Lygodium flexuosum Bedd.

----- Slender, climbing fern; fronds glabrous or slightly hairy with a pair of stipulate pinnae, rachis twining; pinnules 8-12 in. long, 6-12 in. broad, again pinnate of variously lobed or almost palmate; margins finely serrate; surface slightly hairy; texture almost leathery.

----- Found in the same habitat as L. microphyllum but also on moist soils near streams and stream-banks.