Gumbadik is a tree fern which grows from 2 to 12 metres high with a rough, brown trunk and green ferny leaves.

The Wurundjeri-woiwurrung use the heart of the plant at the top of the trunk, cooking and eating it.

It grows in the temperate rainforests of the Yarra ranges and Great dividing range to the east of Melbourne. It requires moist rich soil and humid, high rainfall conditions.