UrticaceaeSubfamily
Tribe Procrideae
Subfamily Boehmerioideae
Tribe Boehmerieae
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Cecropia peltata L.
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- Common Name: Trumpet Tree, Snakewood Tree
- Family: Urticaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Carribean, Tropical America
- Habitat:
- Description: A West Indian native, fast-growing, short-lived tree which has large leaves 1' across. The sap yields a latex rubber. Young buds are eaten as a cooked vegetable. The fruit is cylindrical with soft, sweet flesh and many small seeds. The tree is propagated by seed.
A fast growing tree reaching about sixty feet at maturity. The stems of the Trumpet Tree are hollow and sometimes inhabited by biting ants. This tree is dioecious, with female flowers being spiked and yellow. Male flowers are numerous infloresences about two inches long. Trumpet Tree is ornamentaly planted in the tropics.
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 198500704
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1205 - N Bed
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-06-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid I
- Order: Rosales
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- Family: Urticaceae
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References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976 California Rare Fruit Growers Web Site
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