TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Cyathea contaminans
Blue Tree FernFamily: Cyatheaceae
Origin: Malesia
Blue Tree Fern grow in habitats ranging from tropical rain forests to temperate woodlands.
Young fronds boiled and eaten.
Similar plants:
- Cyathea australis, Alsophila australis (Rough Tree Fern)
- Cyathea cooperi, Sphaeropteris cooperi (Australian Tree fern, Hapuu Fern)
- Cyathea dealbata, Alsophila tricolor (Silver Tree Fern, Ponga)
- Cyathea medullaris (Mamaku, Black Tree Fern)
- Cyathea princeps, Cyathea bourgaei, Sphaeropteris horrida (Tree Fern, Palma de Montana)
- Cyathea quindiuensis, Sphaeropteris quindiuensis (Helecho Arboreo )
- Cyathea smithii (Soft Tree Fern, Golden Tree Fern, Katote)
- Cyathea sp. (Tree Fern)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/cyathea_contaminans.htm