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Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.

Cecropiaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general) int NE Oceania

SC SE

hel hyg->xer calc sili

cl fd fr ma (bark contains a tough fiber used for making coarse rope) pp ti (water troughs)

Cecropia alvarezii Cuatrec. Cecropia burriada Cuatrec. Cecropia dabeibana Cuatrec. Cecropia mexicana Hemsl. Cecropia mexicana var. macrostachya Donn.Sm. Cecropia obtusifolia ssp. burriada (Cuatrec.) C.C.Berg & P.Franco Cecropia panamensis Hemsl. Cecropia radlkoferiana J.A.Richt.

medicinal pumpwood; trumpet (Belize); trumpet tree (Panama)

cécropie à feuilles obtuses; parasolier mexicain

chancarro (Mexico); guaramo (Belize); guarumbo (Mexico); guarumo (Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama); guaruno? (Mexico); gunrumo (Panama); hormiguillo (Mexico); jarsilla; nospedero de hormigas (El Salvador); palo de violín; trompeta, trompetillo (Mexico); yagruma (Cuba); yagrumo (Venezuela)

chupacté (tzeltal); juaquequistli (nahuatl, Mexico); kochlé (maya); quiquiscuáhuitl, (nahuatl, Mexico); tiquiscuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); tzulte (huasteco, Mexico)

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Latin name	Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama) South America (general) int NE Oceania
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel hyg->xer calc sili
Use	cl fd fr ma (bark contains a tough fiber used for making coarse rope) pp ti (water troughs)
Synonym	Cecropia alvarezii Cuatrec. Cecropia burriada Cuatrec. Cecropia dabeibana Cuatrec. Cecropia mexicana Hemsl. Cecropia mexicana var. macrostachya Donn.Sm. Cecropia obtusifolia ssp. burriada (Cuatrec.) C.C.Berg & P.Franco Cecropia panamensis Hemsl. Cecropia radlkoferiana J.A.Richt.
English name	medicinal pumpwood; trumpet (Belize); trumpet tree (Panama)
French name	cécropie à feuilles obtuses; parasolier mexicain
Spanish name	chancarro (Mexico); guaramo (Belize); guarumbo (Mexico); guarumo (Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama); guaruno? (Mexico); gunrumo (Panama); hormiguillo (Mexico); jarsilla; nospedero de hormigas (El Salvador); palo de violín; trompeta, trompetillo (Mexico); yagruma (Cuba); yagrumo (Venezuela)
Other name	chupacté (tzeltal); juaquequistli (nahuatl, Mexico); kochlé (maya); quiquiscuáhuitl, (nahuatl, Mexico); tiquiscuáhuitl (nahuatl, Mexico); tzulte (huasteco, Mexico)
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