''Cibotium cumingii'' is a species of

tree fern The tree ferns are arborescent (tree-like) ferns that grow with a trunk elevating the fronds above ground level, making them trees. Many extant tree ferns are members of the order Cyatheales, to which belong the families Cyatheaceae (scaly tre ...

, of the genus ''

Cibotium ''Cibotium'' (from Greek , ''kibṓtion'', "little chest" or "box"), also known as manfern, is a genus of 11 species of tropical tree ferns. It is the only genus in family Cibotiaceae in the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (P ...

''. It is named after the 19th century collector,

Hugh Cuming Hugh Cuming (14 February 1791 – 10 August 1865) was an English collector who was interested in natural history, particularly in conchology and botany. He has been described as the "Prince of Collectors". Born in England, he spent a number of y ...

. Its apex and young fronds are covered with reddish hairs. It can be found growing in open forest or in hilly areas in the

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and in

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java Isl ...

. Some sources regard it as the same species as ''

Cibotium taiwanense ''Cibotium taiwanense'' is a species of fern in the genus ''Cibotium'', endemic to Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern P ...

'', in which case its range would extend to

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

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cumingii Ferns of Asia Flora of the Philippines Flora of Borneo Plants described in 1841 {{Cyatheales-stub