Botany
Climbing bird's-nest fern is a robust ground fern with attractive leaves. Leaves are bright green, elongated, more or less ruffled at the margins and forking in various segments at the apex.

Distribution
- Recently introduced; not widespread in the Philippines.
- Cutivated as an indoor plant.
- Widespread in the Old World.
- Reported in the Pacific islands, Malesia, tropical Asia, from southern China to India, Madagascar and Africa.

Parts used
Leaves

Uses
Folkloric
- No reported medicinal folkloric use in the Philippines.
- Decoction of plant used for coughing fits.
- Elsewhere, leaf juice used as purgative or enema.
- Leaf juice also used as diuretic and for healing wounds.

Availability
Wildcrafted.