Sphaeropteris lepifera, synonym Cyathea lepifera, the brush pot tree (Chinese: 筆筒樹; pinyin: bǐtǒng shù; Japanese: ヒカゲヘゴ), or flying spider monkey tree fern is an endangered tree fern that grows in the mountains of East and Southeast Asia. This species can grow up to 20 feet (6.1 m) tall and 20 centimeters in diameter at the base. While the tree fern lineage dates back to the Jurassic, the crown group Sphaeropteris can be traced back to the Cretaceous, around 90 million years ago.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Flying Spider Monkey Tree Fern being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sphaeropteris glauca
- Cyathea arborea
- Sphaeropteris cooperi
- Cyathea costaricensis
- Alsophila spinulosa
- Alsophila loheri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Polypodiopsida
- Order
- Cyatheales
- Family
- Cyatheaceae
- Genus
- Sphaeropteris
- Species
- Sphaeropteris lepifera
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