Flying Spider-monkey Tree Fern

Cyathea lepiferu

Japan's biggest fern

Flower name
Flying Spider-monkey Tree Fern
Scientific name
Cyathea lepiferu
AliasFlying Spider-monkey Tree Fern, モリヘゴ, 森ヘゴ, アヤヘゴ, 日陰ヘゴ
Place of originPhilippines, Taiwan, China or Japan
Place of floweringGreenhouse, Botanical Gardens, Subtropical region
Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August, September

What is Flying Spider-monkey Tree Fern

Flying Spider-monkey Tree Fern , scientific name: Cyathea lepiferu, is native to Japan, China, Taiwan or Philippines, and is a large evergreen tree fern of the family Cyatheaceaes. Distributed in the Amami Oshima Island South, is a fern plants in Japan produced. Unique design looks, and left countless oval reverse figure-eight shaped leaves mark on the stem surface. Leaves are twice pinnately compound leaves and are dissected. The young shoots are edible.

Common name: Flying Spider-monkey Tree Fern, scientific name: Cyathea lepiferu, also known as: Hikage hego , origin: Philippines, Taiwan, China, Japan of Yaeyama Islands and Yakushima Island, Tree height: 5-15 m, leaf length: 3-4 m, leaf shape: twice pinnately compound leaves, flowering stage: May to September, petals: nothig (spore exist), Fruit: nothing.