- English Common Name
- Kamraj
- Scientific name
- Helminthostachys zeylanica
- Taxonomy
- Order: Ophioglossales, Family: Ophioglossaceae
- Size
- 20 cm – 40 cm (height)
- Species Distribution
- Okinawa, Kume, Miyako, Ishigaki, Kohama, Iriomote, and Okinoerabu, Islands, Taiwan, Southern Part of China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea Polynesia, New Caledonia
- Okinawan Common Name
- Uzanutomazigee (Miyako Island), Mukajigusa (Kume Island)
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species:Critically Endangered
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species:Critically Endangered
- Currently, some places in islands such as Iriomote and Miyako Islands have Helminthostachys zeylanica. It is said that the species is facing extinction in other areas because of development in forests and overexploitation of the species for the Habu snake antivenin use.
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- Updated April 2018
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