Acrostichum macropodium Fée
Acrostichum latifolium sensu Sim
Acrostichum conforme Sw. var. carmichaelii Baker

Rhizome short-creeping, thick, up to 5 mm (without scales); rhizome scales 4-5 mm long, pale brown or orange-tan, concolorous, narrowly lanceolate in outline, apex forming a long drawn out point, margins entire or with hair-like outgrows; phyllopodia present, c. 1 cm long, blackish. Fronds simple, dimorphic, closely spaced, erect to arching, thickly coriaceous. Sterile frond: stipe stramineous to pale green, up to 24 cm long, pale to reddish brown, glabrous with a few scales at the base, articulated at the base; lamina glossy green, (9-)17-37(-42) × 2-8 cm, ovate-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic in outline, apex broadly pointed to rounded, base wedge shaped, margins entire, glabrous except for minute scattered scales on the underside, midrib raised, convex below; veins inconspicuous, 1 mm apart, at 70° angle to the costa; hydathodes absent. Fertile frond: stipe up to 32 cm long, matt pale brown; lamina slightly smaller and narrower than the sterile lamina, very narrowly elliptic in outline, up to 3 × 21 cm, apex pointed, base wedge shaped, with distinct sterile margin; undersurface completely covered with sporangia, intersporangial scales absent.

The large frond size and thick rhizome usualy distinguishes this species from others.

makros: large, pous: foot; "with large feet", an allusion to the thick creeping rhizome.

Among boulders in rocky outcrops, on banks or in shade in forest.

Africa, Comoro Isl. (Grande Comoro), Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles.

Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania , Zimbabwe.

Epiphytic, lithophytic, terrestrial.