Cibotiaceae

Hapu'u

Cibotium glaucum (Sm.) Hook. & Arn.

Family: Cibotiaceae
Genus: Cibotium

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Hapu'u, Hawaiian tree fern, Cibotium st.-johnii
Hawaiian: Hapuu, Hapuu pulu, Hapuupuu, Hāpuʻu, Hāpuʻu pulu, Hāpuʻupuʻu, Pepee, Pepeʻe

Synonyms

Cibotium st-johnii Krajina
Dicksonia glauca Sm.

Flowers

Flower colour: brown (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Hermann Luyken, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: ramsey arram, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: brewbooks from near Seattle, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: angela graham, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bill Gillespie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Hannah Vernon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.