(use in decoration together with the flower) - The major carcinogen is PTAQUILOSIDE (abundant in the cruisers and the young unfolding fronds of ferns), it is a NORSESQUITERPENE GLUCOSIDE - “BOVINE ENZOOTIC HEMATURIA” (increase in number of abnormal chromosomes in the body) - Manifested by: HEMORRHAGIC SYNDROME which is associated with LEUKOPENIA, THROMBOCYTOPENIA & ANEMIA There is also Multiple urinary bladder tumors: in the form of EPITHELIAL AND MESENCHYMAL NEOPLASMS - CONSUMPTION of “YOUNG FERN SHOOTS” in Humans: CANCER of the UPPER ALIMENTARY TRACT.