In the past, Taiwan exported large numbers of desk tidies made from this tree fern's heartwood. When international trade adjudicators came to Taiwan to solemnly investigate the alleged overcropping of a rare plant, they were surprised to find flying spider-monkey ferns growing everywhere. Though seen internationally as a scarce resource, the plants were two a penny in Taiwan, so the threatened trade sanctions were dropped.
曾經，台灣大量外銷筆筒樹心製成的筆筒，當國際貿易仲裁人員鄭重其事前來台灣調查這一稀有植物被「濫砍」的情形，卻發現台灣竟然處處筆筒樹，國際人士眼中的稀有珍貴資源，在寶島曾經多如敝屣，貿易制裁最後只好作罷。