Rhizome thin, densely scaly. Blade to 10 cm long, divided 2 times, triangular in outline, stiff and leathery, basal branches the largest and more deeply divided than those above; stalk yellowish. Sori small, near segment margins. Indusia to 1 mm broad, semicircular.
Needs shelter and warmth.
Qld, New Guinea, Malaysia, Japan, India.
Frond stalks yellowish.
Source: (1995). Davalliaceae. In: . 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.