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Mouku

Asplenium bulbiferum

Hen & Chicken Fern

LOCATION: Endemic to New Zealand, coastal to subalpine.

DESCRIPTION: A tufted evergreen fern, one of New Zealand’s most well known.

USES: Young fronds are picked and eaten raw or cooked. Infusion of the roots used as a wash for skin complaints.

Source: Mike Lusk

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Māori Plant Use 

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