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Cyathea hunsteiniana is a species of tree fern endemic to eastern New Guinea where it grows in rain forest at an altitude of 1300-2000 m. This species has a slender erect trunk up to 1 m tall and about 3 cm in diameter. Fronds are bipinnate and approximately 1 m in length. Scattered scales cover the stipe. They are dark brown in colouration and have a broad paler margin and fragile edges. Round sori are borne one or two per fertile pinnule segment.

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