Cibotium glaucum (Sm.) Hook. & Arn.

A tree fern. It can be erect or sometime lie over. The trunk is 3 m long and 16 cm across. There are often shoots along the trunk, especially when the trunk lies over. The fronds can be divided 2 or 3 times. They are white on the underside. They are 1-3 m long. There are reddish brown hairs at the base of the stalk.

An understorey plant in mesic to wet forests, usually at elevations of 450-1,500 metres but sometimes descending to almost sea level.

Starch is extracted from the stump.

It can be grown from spores or basal shoots. Trunk cuttings root easily.