Source: Malaysian Timber Council, Various Issues
Paku Gajah
| A fern that grows six to twenty feet high,
the Paku Gajah or Elephant Fern can be found in most moist forests of Africa, Asia and the
Pacific islands. Forest communities and traditional midwives use the fern to arrest the
discharge of blood from a miscarriage. A poultice of the fern can help releive coughs. The
Hawaiians have been known to steep the fern in coconut oil to make it fragrant.
Source: Malaysian Timber Council, Various Issues |
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