Cibotium barometz, also known as golden chicken fern and paku ayam mas in Malay is an evergreen fern with a creeping rhizome which produces fronds that can grow up to 2 meters tall. The rhizome is prostrate, stout and densely covered with shiny brown long hairs that appear like a golden-haired dog. It also has thick stipes which grow up to 1 m or more with triangular shape in transverse section at the base. This fern has many medicinal purposes. In China and Malaysia, the hairs of its rhizome are used as a styptic for bleeding wounds (Flora Malesiana, 2020). It can be found on open hill slopes and stream banks in tropical evergreen forest from 500 - 800 m altitude and in lower mountain forest from 1000 - 1600 m altitude. This species is widely distributed in Malaysia, Singapore, China and Indonesia (iNaturalist, 2020).
No | Part | Habit | |
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1 |
Lithophytes — Plants that grow in or on rocks
rocky places, quartzite ridges, sandstone and granite cliffs
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No | Description | Suitability | Seasonality |
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1 |
Forest → Lowland Dipterocarp Forest (Malayan, Burmese)
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Unknown | Unknown |
2 |
Forest → Montane Oak Forest
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Unknown | Unknown |
Year Published | Assessment | Red List Category | Version |
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2021 | Malaysia Plant Red List |
Least Concern (LC)
Peninsular Malaysia
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N/A |
2010 | Malaysia Plant Red List |
Least Concern (LC)
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N/A |
Collection Center | Dried | Live | Slide | Wet | Total | |
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77 |
Acknowledgements :- Mr. Ahmad Amir Firdaus Bin Mad Apandi, Ms. Aida Salihah Binti Abu Bakar, Ms. Ajla Rafidah Baharom, Ms. Asyifaa Syahirah Binti Md Padzil, Mr. Badrul Amin Bin Jaffar, Ms. Fatin Qurratul 'ain Binti Saberam, Mrs. Hakimah Binti Jaafar, Ms. Heng Pooi San, Ms. Kamilia Huda Binti Mohd Zaini, Mr. Mohamad Ruzi Abdul Rahman, Mr. Nabil Arif Bin Abdul Naim, Ms. Noorkhalilie Binti Che Abd Aziz, Ms. Norayuni Binti Ramlee, Ms. Norazah Binti Norddin, Ms. Nur Farahin Binti Mustafa, Ms. Nurfadzilah Bt Azmi, Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas, Ms. Nurul Aliya Imra Asyikin Binti Abd Murad, Ms. Sara Eisya Binti Mohamed Ghozali, Mr. Tan Kok Kiat & Mr. Yasser Mohamed Arifin
Photo credit :- Nor Ezzawanis Abdullah Thani, Nurfarhana Hizan & Yasser Arifin
Species Citation :- Cibotium barometz. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Accessed via https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/356. [Retrieved 05 December 2023].
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