Cibotium menziesii Hook.

A tree fern. It has a large trunk which can be 7 m high and 16 cm across. The leaf stalks have long, stiff, dark hairs. The fronds are pale and smooth and are pale underneath. Often the fronds remain hanging around the trunk. The midrib can be yellow. There are often hairs on the stalk.

An understorey plant in mesic to wet forests, most commonly at elevations from 300-1,800 metres.

Starch is extracted from the trunk.