Aleuritopteris farinosa (Forsk.) Fée

farinosa: mealy, referring to the powdery substance on the undersurface of the leaves.

Rhizome short, erect, up to 10 mm in diameter, rhizome scales dark-brown, entire, up to 7 mm in length, margins pale. Fronds tufted, erect, arching, herbaceous or thinly coriaceous, up to 40 cm long. Stipe black to castaneous, shiny, with scattered brown scales up to 7 mm long. Lamina lanceolate to narrowly ovate in outline, up to 390 × 180 mm, 2 to 3-pinnatifid; pinnae glabrous, dark matt green above, covered with a white or sometimes pale, yellow powder beneath. Lower pinnae larger than the ones above and more or less basiscopically developed; upper pinnae oblong, decurrent; ultimate lobes oblong, rounded, minutely toothed. Rhachis, costae, costules shiny black and glabrous. Sori small, marginal, in discrete or continuous clusters; indusium small, semi-transparent, variously lacerate.

From China through much of Asia to North Africa going southwards to angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi.

Aleuritopteris farinosa là một loài thực vật có mạch trong họ Adiantaceae. Loài này được (Forssk.) Fée miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1852.