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Cecropia peltata L.

Cecropiaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)

SC SE

M[L]

D E

hel

dr (astringent made from inner bark and shoots for dysentry, hemorrhage and toothache, bark infusion taken orally for diarrhea, caustic latex applied externally for gangrene, skin ulcer and wart, diuretic, increase heart contraction, leaves decoction taken orally for fever, asthma, Parkinson's disease, spleen ailments and epilepsy, poultices to reduce swelling, pulverized leaves decoction applied as a bath or poultice for inflammation, roots extract heal wounds and eczemas) fd fr fw (tinder, when wood is rubed you can light fire) ma (abrasives for cleaning utensils, bark for tannin) pl (ornamental) pp (glassine paper when mixed for newsprints, pulp and paper) sa (binding nutrients for long periods of time, open shade) ti (boxes, canoes, carpentry, cork in bottle stoppers, crates, fisching nets floats, gutters, life preservers, light construction, matchsticks, particleboards, raft, substitute of balsa in toy and model manufacturing, toughs) tx (contains ursolic acid with diarrheic properties)

Ambaiba humboldtiana Kuntze Ambaiba peltata Kuntze Ambaiba surinamensis Kuntze Cecropia arachnoidea Pittier Cecropia asperrima Pittier Cecropia dielsiana Snethl. Cecropia goodspeedii Cuatrec. Cecropia hondurensis Standl. Cecropia humboldtiana Klotzsch Cecropia obtusa Duss. non Trécul Cecropia peltata var. candida Velásquez Cecropia sericea Snethl. Cecropia surinamensis Miq.

shieldleaf pumpwood; congo-pump (Guyana); pop-a-gun (Barbados); pumpwood (Jamaica, USA); shield-shaped (USA); snakewood (Jamaica, USA); trumpet (Belize); trumpet tree (Panama); trumpet wood (Trinidad and Tobago); trumpet-tree, trumpet-wood (Honduras); wanasoro (Guyana); wild papaw (Netherlands Antilles)

cécropie peltée; bois canon (Haiti); bois canot; bois trompette (Guadeloupe, Haiti); bois-canon (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); bois-trompette; trompette (Haiti)

ambahú (Argentina); cetico (Peru); guaramo (Belize); guarumo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama); guarumo hembra (Honduras); igarata (Guatemala); imbauba (Trinidad and Tobago); juarumo (Belize); llagrumo (Puerto Rico); tacuna (Peru); tuaromo, warumo (Belize); yagruma, yagruma hembra (Cuba); yagrumo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); yagrumo blanco (Venezuela); yagrumo hembra (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); yagrumo-hembra (Jamaica); yarumo (Colombia)

a'kl (maya, Belize); boessi papaja, bospapaja (Suriname); bwa kanon, bwa twompèt (creole, Haiti); cho-otz (maya, Belize); imbauba (Brazil); po-hór, pohór (maya, Belize); twompèt (creole, Haiti)

trumpet wood

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Latin name	Cecropia peltata L.
Family	Cecropiaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	M[L]
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel
Use	dr (astringent made from inner bark and shoots for dysentry, hemorrhage and toothache, bark infusion taken orally for diarrhea, caustic latex applied externally for gangrene, skin ulcer and wart, diuretic, increase heart contraction, leaves decoction taken orally for fever, asthma, Parkinson's disease, spleen ailments and epilepsy, poultices to reduce swelling, pulverized leaves decoction applied as a bath or poultice for inflammation, roots extract heal wounds and eczemas) fd fr fw (tinder, when wood is rubed you can light fire) ma (abrasives for cleaning utensils, bark for tannin) pl (ornamental) pp (glassine paper when mixed for newsprints, pulp and paper) sa (binding nutrients for long periods of time, open shade) ti (boxes, canoes, carpentry, cork in bottle stoppers, crates, fisching nets floats, gutters, life preservers, light construction, matchsticks, particleboards, raft, substitute of balsa in toy and model manufacturing, toughs) tx (contains ursolic acid with diarrheic properties)
Synonym	Ambaiba humboldtiana Kuntze Ambaiba peltata Kuntze Ambaiba surinamensis Kuntze Cecropia arachnoidea Pittier Cecropia asperrima Pittier Cecropia dielsiana Snethl. Cecropia goodspeedii Cuatrec. Cecropia hondurensis Standl. Cecropia humboldtiana Klotzsch Cecropia obtusa Duss. non Trécul Cecropia peltata var. candida Velásquez Cecropia sericea Snethl. Cecropia surinamensis Miq.
English name	shieldleaf pumpwood; congo-pump (Guyana); pop-a-gun (Barbados); pumpwood (Jamaica, USA); shield-shaped (USA); snakewood (Jamaica, USA); trumpet (Belize); trumpet tree (Panama); trumpet wood (Trinidad and Tobago); trumpet-tree, trumpet-wood (Honduras); wanasoro (Guyana); wild papaw (Netherlands Antilles)
French name	cécropie peltée; bois canon (Haiti); bois canot; bois trompette (Guadeloupe, Haiti); bois-canon (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad); bois-trompette; trompette (Haiti)
Spanish name	ambahú (Argentina); cetico (Peru); guaramo (Belize); guarumo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama); guarumo hembra (Honduras); igarata (Guatemala); imbauba (Trinidad and Tobago); juarumo (Belize); llagrumo (Puerto Rico); tacuna (Peru); tuaromo, warumo (Belize); yagruma, yagruma hembra (Cuba); yagrumo (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); yagrumo blanco (Venezuela); yagrumo hembra (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico); yagrumo-hembra (Jamaica); yarumo (Colombia)
Other name	a'kl (maya, Belize); boessi papaja, bospapaja (Suriname); bwa kanon, bwa twompèt (creole, Haiti); cho-otz (maya, Belize); imbauba (Brazil); po-hór, pohór (maya, Belize); twompèt (creole, Haiti)
Trade name	trumpet wood