Wood Apple

Southern Shield Fern

About Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern

Wood Apple

Southern Shield Fern

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1 What is

1.1 Life Span

Perennial

1.2 Type

Fruits, Trees

Fern

1.3 Origin

Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tropical Indomalaya

North America

1.4 Types

Not Available

1.4.1 Number of Varieties

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1.5 Habitat

Dry areas

Damp shady woods, Wet ground, Wet lands

1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone

Not Available

7-10

1.7 AHS Heat Zone

Not Available

12-8

1.8 Sunset Zone

Not Available

1.9 Habit

Not Available

Arching/Fountain-shaped

2 Information

2.1 Plant Size

2.1.1 Minimum Height

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800.00 cm

Rank: 47 (Overall)▶

60.00 cm

Rank: 100 (Overall)▶

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350 (About Privet)

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2.1.2 Minimum Width

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900.00 cm

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60.00 cm

Rank: 96 (Overall)▶

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243.84 (About Acerola)

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2.2 Plant Color

2.2.1 Flower Color

White

Non Flowering Plant

2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier

Not Available

Bicolor

2.2.3 Fruit Color

Greyish Brown, Light Green, Not Available

Non Fruiting Plant

2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring

Green

Light Green

2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer

Dark Green

Light Green

2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall

Green

Bronze

2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter

Gray Green

Not Available

2.3 Shape

2.3.1 Leaf Shape

Ovate

Pinnate

2.4 Thorns

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24% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

3 Season

3.1 Plant Season

Autumn

Spring, Summer, Fall

3.2 Growing Conditions

3.2.1 Sunlight

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Full Sun, Partial shade

3.2.2 Growth Rate

Medium

Fast

3.2.3 Type of Soil

Rich

Loam

3.2.4 The pH of Soil

Acidic, Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

3.2.5 Soil Drainage

Well drained

Poorly Drained

3.2.6 Bloom Time

Late Fall

Fall, Spring, Summer

3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer

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34% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

3.3 Tolerances

Drought

Not Available

4 Care

4.1 Where to Plant?

Ground, Pot

Container, Ground, Pot

4.2 How to Plant?

Budding, Layering, root cutting, Seedlings

From Rhizomes

4.3 Plant Maintenance

Low

Medium

4.4 Watering Plants

4.4.1 Watering Requirements

Do not water excessively

Water Deeply, Water in morning to avoid prompting diseases, Water occasionally, Water slowly, and allow to dry completely between soakings

4.4.2 In Summer

Lots of watering

4.4.3 In Spring

Moderate

4.4.4 In Winter

Average Water

4.5 Soil

4.5.1 Soil pH

Acidic, Neutral

Neutral, Alkaline

4.5.2 Soil Type

Rich

Loam

4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity

Well drained

Poorly Drained

4.6 Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Full Shade, Partial shade

4.7 Pruning

Prune after harvesting, Remove dead or diseased plant parts

Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves

4.8 Fertilizers

for fruiting plants, use high phosphorous content fertilizer

All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer

4.9 Pests and Diseases

Not Available

Leaf curl, Leaf rust, Red blotch, Scale, Scale insects

4.10 Plant Tolerance

Drought

5 Facts

5.1 Flowers

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80% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

None

5.1.1 Flower Petal Number

Single

5.2 Fruits

5.2.1 Showy Fruit

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84% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

5.2.2 Edible Fruit

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95% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

5.3 Fragrance

5.3.1 Fragrant Flower

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61% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit

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65% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf

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17% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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3% Fern Garden Plants have it !

5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem

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14% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

5.4 Showy Foliage

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17% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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97% Fern Garden Plants have it !

5.5 Showy Bark

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5% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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3% Fern Garden Plants have it !

5.6 Foliage Texture

Medium

Coarse

5.7 Foliage Sheen

Matte

5.8 Evergreen

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5% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

5.9 Invasive

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1% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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No Fern Garden Plants has it !

5.10 Self-Sowing

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49% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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29% Fern Garden Plants have it !

5.11 Attracts

Not Available

Butterflies

5.12 Allergy

Gastric

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6 Benefits

6.1 Uses

6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses

Not Used For Aesthetic Purpose

Bog Garden, Borders

6.1.2 Beauty Benefits

Good Cleanser

Not Available

6.1.3 Edible Uses

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All Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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64% Fern Garden Plants have it !

6.1.4 Environmental Uses

Not Available

Air purification

6.2 Plant Benefits

6.2.1 Medicinal Uses

Blood cleanser, Diabetes, Ear ache, Energy, Kidney problems, Liver Protection, Malaria, Respiratory Disorders, scurvy, Snakebite

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6.2.2 Part of Plant Used

Fruits

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6.2.3 Other Uses

Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties

Not Available

6.3 Used As Indoor Plant

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18% Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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41% Fern Garden Plants have it !

6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant

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All Fruits Garden Plants have it !

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All Fern Garden Plants have it !

6.5 Garden Design

Edible, Fruit Tree

Groundcover, Mixed Border

7 Scientific Name

7.1 Botanical Name

Limonia acidissima

THELYPTERIS kunthii

7.2 Common Name

Wood apple, monkey fruit, curd fruit

Kunth's maiden fern, southern shield fern, maiden ferns

7.2.1 In Hindi

कबिट

Southern Shield Fern

7.2.2 In German

Indischer Holzapfel

Southern Shield Fern

7.2.3 In French

Kawista

Southern Shield Fern

7.2.4 In Spanish

Kawista

Southern Shield Fern

7.2.5 In Greek

γλυκό ασβέστη

Southern Shield Fern

7.2.6 In Portuguese

Limonia

Southern Shield Fern

7.2.7 In Polish

Feronia słoniowa

Southern Shield Fern

7.2.8 In Latin

dulcis ad cinerem

Southern Shield Fern

8 Classification

8.1 Kingdom

Plantae

8.2 Phylum

Magnoliophyta

Angiosperms

8.3 Class

Magnoliopsida

Polypodiopsida

8.4 Order

Sapindales

Polypodiales

8.5 Family

Rutaceae

Thelypteridaceae

8.6 Genus

Limonia

Thelypteris

8.7 Clade

Angiosperms, Eudicots

Not Available

8.8 Tribe

Citreae

Not Available

8.9 Subfamily

Aurantioideae

Not Available

8.10 Number of Species

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Properties of Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern

Wondering what are the properties of Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern? We provide you with everything About Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern. Wood Apple doesn't have thorns and Southern Shield Fern doesn't have thorns. Also Wood Apple does not have fragrant flowers. Wood Apple has allergic reactions like Gastric and Southern Shield Fern has allergic reactions like Gastric. Compare all the properties and characteristics of these two plants. Find out which of these plant can be used as indoor plant. If you are interested to decorate your house and garden, find out aesthetic uses, compare them and select the plant which will beautify your surrounding. Along with beautification, try comparing medicinal and edible uses of Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern and you can choose the plant having best and most benefits.

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Season and Care of Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern

Season and care of Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern is important to know. While considering everything about Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern Care, growing season is an essential factor. Wood Apple season is Autumn and Southern Shield Fern season is Autumn. The type of soil for Wood Apple is Rich and for Southern Shield Fern is Loam while the PH of soil for Wood Apple is Acidic, Neutral and for Southern Shield Fern is Neutral, Alkaline.

Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern Physical Information

Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern physical information is very important for comparison. Wood Apple height is 800.00 cm and width 900.00 cm whereas Southern Shield Fern height is 60.00 cm and width 60.00 cm. The color specification of Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern are as follows:

Wood Apple flower color: White
Wood Apple leaf color: Green
Southern Shield Fern flower color: Non Flowering Plant
Southern Shield Fern leaf color: Light Green

Care of Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern

Care of Wood Apple and Southern Shield Fern include pruning, fertilizers, watering etc. Wood Apple pruning is done Prune after harvesting and Remove dead or diseased plant parts and Southern Shield Fern pruning is done Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches and Remove dead leaves. In summer Wood Apple needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water. Whereas, in summer Southern Shield Fern needs Lots of watering and in winter, it needs Average Water.