Diliman is an edible medicinal fern species whose scientific name is Stenochlaena palustris.
The district of Diliman in Quezon City, one of the Philippines’ most important educational districts, is named after this fern, though most Filipinos are not aware of the meaning of the word. The main campus of the Univeristy of the Philippines is in Diliman.
To Filipinos, the familiar name for the more common fern is pako.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
di·li·mán: uri ng baging na ginagamit na pantalì sa baklad
