Etymology Fortunei is named after the Scottish horticulturist and collector in China, Robert Fortune (1812-1890). He was responsible for spreading tea cultivation to India and Ceylon.

Description Rhizome: erect, short, bearing several fronds in a whorl, scales oblong-ovate, gradually narrowing towards rhizome apex, rounded at base, about 1.5 cm long, 4.
Frond: 80 cm high by 20 cm wide, evergreen, monomorphic, blade/stipe ratio: .
Stipe: straw-colored, scales becoming smaller and narrower in upper portion, vascular bundles: 4 or more, in an arc.
Blade: 1-pinnate, lanceolate, leathery, dull green, paler beneath, glabrous.
Pinnae: 10 to 20 pair, oblong to broadly lanceolate, curved upwards, to 12 cm long, 4 cm broad, pointed at apex, usually eared at base above, number of pairs highly variable; margins minutely dentate; veins netted.
Sori: round, 2--4 rows at each side of costa, indusium: peltate, persistent , white, central, sporangia: brown.

Culture Habitat: mountain forests and in villages, or even on stone walls in large cities. Distribution: Japan, Korea, southeast China, Vietnam and eastern Thailand. Hardy to -25°C, USDA Zone 5.

Distinctive Characteristics less glossy than the commonly grown C. falcatum, more pinnae pairs than C. caryotideum or C. macrophyllum, and smaller pinnae than either.

Synonyms
Phanerophlebia fortunei (J. Sm.) Copel.
Aspidiumm falcatum var. fortunei (J. Smith) Makino
Polystichum falcatum var. fortunei (J. Smith) Matsum.
Polystichum fortunei (J. Smith) Nakei