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Cibotium glaucum
Also called Hawaiian tree fern, Tree Fern
Hapu'u is a slow-growing Hawaiian tree fern, typically 2 to 3 m tall and sometimes reaching 8 m, grown for its large fronds. It needs humid, sheltered conditions, shade or filtered light, and consistently moist soil, and does not tolerate frost.
Cibotium glaucum, the hāpu‘u pulu, is a species of fern in the family Cyatheaceae, native to Hawaii. A slow-growing tree fern typically 2 to 3 m (6 to 10 ft) tall but reaching 8 m (25 ft), it is hardy in USDA zones 10 through 12. Its fiddleheads are the source of the material pulu, which means "mulch" or "padding" in the Hawaiian language. Women used pulu as an absorbent during their menstrual cycles.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cibotium glaucum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
