Diplazium dilatatum

Athyriaceae

Diplazium dilatatum Blume

Link to Australian Plant Name Index for publication details and synonyms: https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/116601

Rhizome erect, forming a short trunk, scaly at the apex; scales brown with black toothed margins. Fronds crowded, arcuate. Stipe 20–60 cm long, black and scaly at the base. Lamina 1–2-pinnate, 80–150 cm long, 60–80 cm wide, dark green; primary pinnae to 40 cm long, 10–20 cm wide. Secondary pinnae oblong-elliptic, 8–12 cm long, 15–20 mm wide; pinna margins crenate or lobed half-way to the costae; apex attenuate; abaxial surface and, especially, costae and veins with red glandular hairs; veins free, in pinnate groups of 5–8. Sori on most veins, commonly paired; indusium brown, with fringed margins. 

Occurs along the E coast and hinterland between Cooktown QLD and Coffs Harbour NSW. Also in Malesia.

Terrestrial in wet sclerophyll forest and rainforest.