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Created 9/11/2023

Family Dicksoniaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Cibotium chamissoi

 


Panaewa Zoo, Hilo, Hawaii

HAPU'U

Common in mesic to wet forests of Oahu, becoming less common moving east to the Big Island, absent from Kaua'i.  Fronds bare except at base, pinnule segments cut 7/8 deep, basal segments lack projecting 'ear', dull light green beneath, with tan cobweb hairs that fall with age.  Endemic to Hawaii.