Tags: Fern.
Cyathea deckenii is a species of tree fern native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Tanzania and Mozambique where it grows in wet forest at an altitude of 1350-2300 m. The trunk is erect and up to 10 m tall. Fronds are bipinnate and 2-3 m long. Characteristically of this species the most basal one or two pairs of pinnae are reduced. The rachis and stipe range in colour from brown to dark brown or black-brown and are sparsely covered with a few scales.