Botanical Name - Pteris quadriaurita

----- PTERIS, Linn. Pteris quadriaurita, Retz.

----- Caudex short, erect. Stipes naked or rough, varying much in size. Frond lanceolate or ovate; pinnate pinnae cut down nearly to the rachis into numerous linear-oblong segments, the lowest pair or several lower pairs usually again compound with similar but smaller pinnae arising from the lower side of the base. The costae are armed with bristles above. Veinlets usually once forked and free. Sori usually partial on the segments, rarely continuous of the apex.

----- Found in the upper reaches of Paruntapally and branches of Kukusnoor nala Paloncha.