Cibotiaceae

Chamisso's manfern

Cibotium chamissoi Kaulf.

Family: Cibotiaceae
Genus: Cibotium

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Chamisso's manfern, Chamisso's tree fern, Hawaiian tree fern
Hawaiian: Hapuu, Hapuu meu, Hapuupuu, Hāpuʻu, Hāpuʻu meu, Hāpuʻupuʻu, Pepee, Pepeʻe

Synonyms

Cibotium hawaiense Nakai & Ogura
Cibotium splendens (Gaudich.) Krajina ex Skottsb.
Dicksonia chamissoi (Kaulf.) Hook. & Baker
Dicksonia splendens Desv.
Pinonia splendens Gaudich.

Flowers

Flower colour: brown (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native

Photos

Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tara Severns, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.