Cibotium glaucum
Species of plant
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Cibotium glaucum, the hāpu‘u pulu, is a species of fern in the family Cyatheaceae, native to Hawaii.[2][1] A slow-growing tree fern typically 6 to 10 ft (2 to 3 m) tall but reaching 25 ft (8 m), it is hardy in USDA zones 10 through 12.[3][2] Its fiddleheads are the source of the material pulu, which means "mulch" or "padding" in the Hawaiian language.[4] Women used pulu as an absorbent during their menstrual cycles.[5]
Growing over a trail
Used for landscaping
Fronds
Young fiddlehead
Sori
Spent sori
Base
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| Cibotium glaucum | |
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| At the Jardin botanique de Lyon | |
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| Fiddlehead | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Division: | Polypodiophyta |
| Class: | Polypodiopsida |
| Order: | Cyatheales |
| Family: | Cibotiaceae |
| Genus: | Cibotium |
| Species: | C. glaucum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cibotium glaucum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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