Article Nº 1446 Plant Vol. II · p. 50
Feto abrum (Dicksonia culcita)
A very rare fern in Madeira whose soft rhizome hairs were once used to stuff mattresses and pillows.
A very rare fern in Madeira, now found only in the Montado dos Pessegueiros (‘peach-tree pasture’) and in the uplands of Boaventura. Its rhizomes are covered with soft, rust-coloured hairs, which were used in former times to stuff mattresses and pillows.
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