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Cecropia pachystachya Trécul

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Cecropia

Characteristics

A small evergreen tree. It grows 7-15 m tall. The trunk is 15-25 cm across. The leaves are deeply dissected into 9-11 lobes. The leaves are 50 cm across. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. Flowers are small on finger like spikes. Male spikes are 5-10 and female spikes 4-5 and pale green.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.15 - 0.25
Mature height (meter) 9.5 - 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.2
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It suits humid soils on the edges of forests. It grows up to 1,100 m above sea level. It needs a sunny position and a well-drained soil.
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Humid soils in forest edges and glades, growing better in secondary formations and rare or missing from dense primary forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The pulp of the ripe fruit is eaten raw.
Uses environmental use fiber material medicinal tea timber wood
Edible flowers fruits leaves
Therapeutic use Asthma (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Blennorrhagia (unspecified), Callus (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Caustic (unspecified), Chorea (unspecified), Corn (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diabetes (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flu (unspecified), Fumitory (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Herpes (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Nerves (unspecified), Obesity (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Scorpion (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from fresh seeds. They sprout in 25-40 days. They can be grown from green wood cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Cecropia pachystachya habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Cecropia pachystachya leaf picture by Makoto Makoto (cc-by-sa)
Cecropia pachystachya leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cecropia pachystachya world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Singapore, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:50908-2
WFO ID wfo-0000592291
COL ID RZSN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Cecropia glauca Cecropia lyratiloba Cecropia peltata Ambaiba adenopus Ambaiba carbonaria Ambaiba cinerea Ambaiba cyrtostachya Ambaiba lyratiflora Ambaiba pachystachya Ambaiba tenoreana Cecropia adenopus Cecropia ambaci Cecropia carbonaria Cecropia catarinensis Cecropia cinerea Cecropia cyrtostachya Cecropia digitata Cecropia pachystachya Ambaiba lyratiloba Cecropia adenopus var. lata Cecropia adenopus var. lyratiloba Cecropia adenopus var. macrophylla Cecropia adenopus var. oblonga Cecropia adenopus var. vulgaris Cecropia lyratiloba var. nana
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