Dicksoniaceae

9 species

Tree ferns native to Southern Hemisphere; some species have edible starchy trunks.

Cibotium barometz

Golden chicken fern, Golden lamb fern

Edible: Root, Leaves, Fronds

Cibotium chamissoi

Hapu'u i 'i, Hapu 'u pulu, Hawaiian tree fern, Chamisso's manfern

Edible: Stem - starch

Cibotium glaucum

Hapu'u, Hawaiian tree fern

Edible: Trunk - starch

Cibotium menziesii

Edible: Trunk - starch

Dicksonia antarctica

Soft tree fern, Tasmanian tree fern, Man fern, Woolly tree fern

Edible: Heart, Fronds, Leaves

Dicksonia grandis

Edible: Fronds ?

Dicksonia herbertii

Bristly tree fern

Edible: Trunk starch

Dicksonia sellowiana

Edible: Rhizome

Lophosoria quadripinnata

Edible: Shoots, Rhizome, Roots