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CECROPIA PALMATA, CECROPIA PELTATA - TRUMPET TREE.
Common nameTrumpet tree, embauba, trompettier, snake wood, yagruma, bois cannon, yagrumo. Family Moraceae (mulberry family). Overview Trumpet tree is a tropical, fast growing tree, with a tall ungainly open habitat of growth, abundant in the tropical rainforest. Cecropia consists of more than 100 species; C. Palmata and C. Peltata are best known. The hollow internods of the trees are infected by biting ants, attracted by the milky latex. Cecropia palmata is dioecious and has leaves that are deep divided while peltata's leaves go only a third of the way in. A slender trunk with smooth, gray bark, open branching and huge palmate leaves. It has small inconspicious flowers and 6' long pencil-like seedpods. There are nummerous small seeds in the pods. The latex of the cecropia leaves is used against warts, calluses and venereal diseases. The foliage of trumpet tree is evergreen, palmate; dark green above, white beneath. The Amerindians used a solution of the bark to capture wasps. They are used in the ritual wasptest when a boy becomes a man. Suriname's traditional medicine The leaves of both cecropia palmata and peltata are used against: albumin in the urine and have a good effect on the urinary passages, bladder and kidney disorders. Tea made from the leaves is used as a cure for asthma. Visit our: CHOLESTEROL -, DIABETES - , HYPERTENSION - , TINCTURE and APPLICATIONS AND DOSAGE pages. Hardiness USDA zone 9B - 11. Propagation Seeds. Culture Full sun. Plant in nearly frost free areas; cecropia trees are killed by frost. The cecropia can be used for a tropical effect in landscaping. |