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Cyathea hornei

Family: Cyatheaceae

What it is like

A tree fern. It is rather slender in the trunk and 3-4 m high. The stem of the frond is 25 cm long and very dark. The part near the base has pale edged scales. The lower leaflets on the stalk are reduced and narrow. The largest leaflets are 40-50 cm long. There fertile and sterile leaflets have different shapes. The fertile ones are 50-60 mm long by 11-17 mm wide. (It is smaller in size than other tree ferns and rhizomes or suckers which produce new plants. The ferns therefore occur in a clump.)

There are about 800 Cyathea species.

Where it is found

It is a tropical plant. It grows in wet forest and stunted mossy forest. It grows between about 700 and 2,000 m altitude.

Countries/locations it is found in

Asia, Fiji, Malaysia, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, SE Asia, Solomon Islands

How it is used for food

The young fronds are occasionally cooked and eaten.

Edible parts

Fronds, leaves

How it is grown

It can be grown from the rhizomes or suckers that develop at the base of the plant.

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Alsophila hornei Baker; Alsophila dissitifolia Baker; Alsophila brunnea Brause; Alsophila ledermannii Brause; Alsophila olivacea Brause; Alsophila melanocaulos Brause; Cyathea dissitifolia Domin.; Cyathea brunnea Domin; Cyathea dimorphophylla Domin.; Cyathea olivacea (Brause)Domin; Cyathea melanoclada Domin; Gymnosphaera hornei Copel; Gymnosphaera melanoclauda Copel;