Cibotium glaucum

Cibotium glaucum
	At the Jardin botanique de Lyon
	Fiddlehead
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Division:	Polypodiophyta
Class:	Polypodiopsida
Order:	Cyatheales
Family:	Cibotiaceae
Genus:	Cibotium
Species:	C. glaucum
Binomial name
	Cibotium glaucum; (Sm.) Hook. & Arn.
Synonyms
	Cibotium st-johnii Krajina; Dicksonia glauca Sm.;

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Cibotium glaucum (Sm.) Hook. & Arn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ ^a ^b Marcus, Joseph A. (8 May 2015). "Cibotium glaucum (Sm.) Hook. & Arn". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 11 November 2023. Hawaiian Tree Fern, Hapu'U Pulu, Blonde Tree Fern, Female Tree Fern
^ "Cibotium glaucum". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of pulu". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
^ Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of pe'a". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved 20 October 2010.

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[POWO_17069480-1-1] "Cibotium glaucum (Sm.) Hook. & Arn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

[CIGL-2] Marcus, Joseph A. (8 May 2015). "Cibotium glaucum (Sm.) Hook. & Arn". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved 11 November 2023. Hawaiian Tree Fern, Hapu'U Pulu, Blonde Tree Fern, Female Tree Fern

[MBG_285722-3] "Cibotium glaucum". Plant Finder. Missouri Botanical Garden. 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2023.

[pulu-4] Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of pulu". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved 20 October 2010.

[5] Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel Hoyt Elbert (2003). "lookup of pe'a". in Hawaiian Dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii Press. Retrieved 20 October 2010.

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