Nahe sponsorship

• Species: Angiopteris evecta

• Common name: nahe

• Family: Marattiaceae

• Biogeographic status: indigenous

Growing up to 4m, this magnificent native fern, which is often mistaken for a tree fern due to its size, is normally common in apape forests (Rhus taitensis) and mara forests (Neonauclea forsteri). Its uses by the ancients were both food, medicinal and ornamental.