Rhizome creeping, 4-5 mm wide, scaly. Fronds divided once, oblong to lanceolate in outline, to about 60 cm long. Segments numerous, more or less sickle-shaped in well spaced pairs with saw-toothed margins, the terminal lobe larger than the others; stalks yellowish at least below. Sori up to 2 mm wide, sunken.

Needs shelter and warmth.

Indonesia to SE Asia.

Articulated free segments on at least part of the frond.

Source: Spencer, R. (1995). Polypodiaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 1, Ferns, conifers & their allies. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Schellolepis persicifolium)