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Page 1. Acanthaceae Anacardiaceae Ancistrocladaceae Annonaceae
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Apocynaceae Araceae
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Araliaceae Aristolochiaceae Asclepiadaceae Begoniaceae
Bignoniaceae Bombacaceae Burseraceae Capparaceae Cardiopteridaceae
Cecropiaceae Celastraceae Chloranthaceae Chrysobalanaceae
Combretaceae Commelinaceae Connaraceae Convalariaceae Convolvulaceae
Cornaceae Costaceae Page 4.
Crypteroniaceae Cyperraceae Datiscaceae
Dilleniaceae Dioscoreaceae Dipterocapaceae Dracaenaceae Ebenaceae
Elaeocarpaceae Euphorbiaceae Fagaceae
Page 5. Flacourtiaceae Gentianaceae Gesneriaceae Gnetaceae
Graminae Guttiferae Hunguanaceae
Hypoxidaceae Icacinaceae Labiatae
Lauraceae Lecythidaceae Leeaceae Leguminosae
Page 6. Loranthaceae Lythraceae Magnoliaceae Malpighiaceae Malvaceae
Marantaceae Melastomataceae Meliaceae Menispermaceae
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Moraceae Musaceae Myristicaceae Myrsinaceae Myrtaceae
Oleaceae Opiliaceae Orchidaceae Orobanceae
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Palmae Pandanaceae Passifloraceae
Pentaphragmataceae
Piperaceae Pondtederiaceae Rhamnaceae Rhizophoraceae Rubiaceae
Page 9. Rutaceae Santaliaceae Sapindaceae Sapotaceae Schisandraceae
Scrophulariaceae
Smilacaceae
Staphyleaceae Sterculiaceae
Page 10. Styracaceae Taccaceae Theaceae Thymelaeaceae Tiliaceae
Ulmaceae Urticaceae Verbenaceae Violaceae Vitaceae
Xanthophyllaceae Zingiberaceae Page 11. Pteridophytes
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PTERIDOPHYTES "Ferns"
Most species of ferns can be used for decorations, and many of them also used for medicine, food, etc. Ferns provide permanent splashes of green around the stream and waterfall.
 Adiantaceae
 Adiantum philippense L. -Ya khwak; Habit: Fern
 
Adiantum philippense and Asplenium sp. (P3455, P3460 @Suwit Punnadee)
Aspleniaceae
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Asplenium spp
– Bird’s nest fern; Habit: Epiphyte fern
The young leaves can be eaten raw.
Davallaceae
Davallia spp
-Nak kharat; Habit: Epiphyte fern
Davallia sp
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Dryopteridaceae
Pleocnemia sp -Kud dam; Habit: Fern
 
These common ground ferns Pleocnemia sp and Polystichum sp can be found along the nature-education trail. (P3470, P3475 @Suwit Punnadee)
Polystichum sp -Tsusima holly fern; Habit: Fern
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Marattiaceae
Angiopteris evecta (G.Forst.) Hoffm. - Wan kip raet; Habit: Fern
Dry rhizomes are used for their astringent, antidiarrheal and diuretic properties. They are used for relief of vomiting and headaches, also used to cure ulcers in the mouth and throat. The roots are used externally to stop bleeding.
Angiopteris evecta
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Parkeriaceae
Ceratopteris thalictroides (L.) Brongn. –Floating stag’s horn fern; Habit: Aquatic Fern
Young fronds can be eaten raw or cooked. Often added into hot and sour soup or mixed vegetable soup.
 
A floating stag’s horn fern at Bang Pae reservoir with red leafhopper (Bothrogonia indistincta) underneath a rachis. (P3482, P3483 @Suwit Punnadee)
Polypodiaceae
Drynaria spp -Kra tee tai mai; Habit: Epiphyte fern
 
Drynaria sp and Pyrrosia piloselloides grow along the huge branches of the Hopea sp tree, a baby gibbon squeals when she loses site of her family group, then her mother shows up within a few minutes, and the Platycerium coronarium with Grammatophyllum
speiosum orchid grows up along the branch of Devil tree. These epiphytes such as ferns, orchids, mosses and liverworts grow on a large tree that dominates the forest canopy. They absorb nutrients from rainfall and detritus trapped by its fronds. (P3485, P3495 @Suwit Punnadee)
Platycerium coronarium (D.Koenig ex O.F.Mull) Desv. -Elkhorn fern; Habit: Epiphyte fern
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Pyrrosia piloselloides (L.) M.G.Price -Klet nak kha rat; Habit: Epiphyte fern
Pyrrosia piloselloides,
of which the succulent leaf
is a main material
used
for the nests for some birds.
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Pteridaceae
Pteris ensiformis Burm.f. -Laurel fern; Habit: Fern
Stenochlaena palustris (Burm.f.) Bedd. -Prong suan; Habit: Creeping Fern
The roots can be used to cure the wound of some snake bites. The tender parts are used as blood tonic. The stem is used a s atonic for women after child birth.
The young shoots and fronds are cooked or put into hot sour soup or mixed vegetable soup.
 
Pteris ensiformis and Stenochlaena palustris. (P3500, P3505 @Suwit Punnadee)
Schizaeaceae
Lygodium spp -Ya yai phao; Habit: Climbing fern
Young leaves and tender parts used as pot herb.
 
Lygodium sp and Selaginella willdenowii with a pan butterfly. (P3510, P3515 @Suwit Punnadee)
Selaginellaceae
Selaginella willdenowii (Desv.) Baker -Rang kai; Habit: Fern
Thelypteridaceae
Thelypteris spp -Phak kuut pa; Habit: Fern
 
Thelypteris sp and Diplazium esculentum. (P3520, P3525 @Suwit Punnadee)
Woodsiaceae
Diplazium esculentum (Retz.) Sw. -Phak Kut; Habit: Terrestrial Fern
A solution of the boiled whole plant can be dissolved in water for half a day and then used to bathe to relieve rashes and urticaria. The roots can help to stop bleeding. The tubers are used as an astringent, antidiarrhea, antiemetic, diuretic and can cure headaches.
Young shoots and fronds can be eaten raw, but the taste is rather bad, so it is advisable to cook them or put into hot sour soup or mixed vegetable soup.
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