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Cecropia peltata

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64400ffcc0851900626534
Scientific name Cecropia peltata
Authority L.
First published in Pl. Jamaic. Pug. : 28 (1759)

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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Ambaiba humboldtiana (Klotzsch) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891)
Ambaiba peltata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 623 (1891)
Ambaiba propinqua (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891)
Ambaiba schiedeana (Klotzsch) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891)
Ambaiba surinamensis (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891)
Cecropia arachnoidea Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 226 (1917)
Cecropia argentea Vis. Orto Bot. Padova : 135 (1842)
Cecropia asperrima Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 227 (1917)
Cecropia dielsiana Snethl. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 362 (1923)
Cecropia digitata var. grisea Ten. ex Miq. Fl. Bras. 4(1): 149 1853
Cecropia goodspeedii Cuatrec. Not. Fl. Colomb. 6: 41 (1944)
Cecropia hondurensis Standl. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 4: 302 (1929)
Cecropia humboldtiana Klotzsch Linnaea 20: 530 (1847)
Cecropia propinqua Miq. Fl. Bras. 4(1): 149 (1853)
Cecropia scabrifolia Aladar Richt. Biblioth. Bot. 43: 15 (1898)
Cecropia schiedeana Klotzsch Linnaea 20: 531 (1847)
Cecropia surinamensis Miq. Fl. Bras. 4(1): 143 (1853)
Coilotapalus peltata Britton Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 230 (1893)
Collotapalus peltata Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. iv. (1893) 130.
Coilotapalus peltata Hitchc.

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Language Common/alternative name
English congo pump
English xkoochle
English trampy
English orumo
English nig-la
English kooch le'
English gueremo
English guarumo
English guargüero
English cho-otz
English chancarro
English bois canot
English bois canon
English snakewood
English trumpet tree
English yarumo blanco
Spanish cecropia goodspeedii
Spanish cecropia humboldtiana
Spanish cecropia hondurensis
Spanish cecropia dielsiana
Spanish ambaiba peltata
Spanish ambaiba surinamensis
Spanish cecropia arachnoidea
Spanish cecropia asperrima
Spanish cecropia propinqua
Spanish cecropia schiedeana
Spanish cecropia surinamensis
Spanish cecropia digitata var. grisea
Spanish yarumo
Spanish cecropia scabrifolia
Finnish muurahaispuu
French bois-canon
French coulequin
French bois trompette
ht twonpèt
Japanese ヤツデグワ
Russian Цекропия щитовидная
ty ’ī’ītā popa'ā
Chinese 号角树
Chinese 號角樹

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana
      • Ivory Coast
      • Senegal
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
  • Pacific
    • South-central Pacific
      • Society Islands
      • Tuamotu
      • Tubuai Islands
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil North
    • Caribbean
      • Jamaica
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Southwest Caribbean
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Belize
      • Costa Rica
      • El Salvador
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
      • Nicaragua
      • Panamá
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Guyana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000592298
UNII 8S5739A446
Tropicos 21300477
INPN 448394
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:850956-1
The Plant List kew-2707099
Open Tree Of Life 266711
Observations.org 206006
NCBI Taxonomy 210352
IUCN Red List 61967634
IPNI 850956-1
iNaturalist 284772
GBIF 2984476
Freebase /m/0cmd5c1
EPPO CECPE
EOL 5719303
Elurikkus 347943
USDA GRIN 9679
Wikipedia Cecropia_peltata
PFAF Cecropia peltata

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Use of Medicinal Plants in the Process of Wound Healing: A Literature Review Cedillo-Cortezano M, Martinez-Cuevas LR, López JA, Barrera López IL, Escutia-Perez S, Petricevich VL Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 27-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10975678
doi:10.3390/ph17030303
PMID:38543089
Haitian women in New York City use global food plants for women’s health Vardeman ET, Kennelly EJ, Vandebroek I J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10785501
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00648-1
PMID:38217006
In Site Soil Seed-Banks: Size, Composition and Persistence across Tropical Successional Stages Benitez-Malvido J Plants (Basel) 25-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10420881
doi:10.3390/plants12152760
PMID:37570914
Intra- and Interspecies Differences of Two Cecropia Species from Tabasco, Mexico, Determined through the Metabolic Analysis and 1H-NMR-Based Fingerprinting of Hydroalcoholic Extracts Medrano-Sánchez EJ, Hernández-Bolio GI, Lobato-García CE, González-Cortazar M, Antunez-Mojica M, Gallegos-García AJ, Barredo-Hernández CO, López-Rodríguez R, Aguilar-Sánchez NC, Gómez-Rivera A Plants (Basel) 25-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10346827
doi:10.3390/plants12132440
PMID:37447001
Comparing the Performance of CMCC-BioClimInd and WorldClim Datasets in Predicting Global Invasive Plant Distributions Zhang F, Wang C, Zhang C, Wan J Biology (Basel) 26-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10215630
doi:10.3390/biology12050652
PMID:37237466
New Data on Anti-Inflammatory and Wound Healing Potential of Transgenic Senna obtusifolia Hairy Roots: In Vitro Studies Kowalczyk T, Sitarek P, Śliwiński T, Hatziantoniou S, Soulintzi N, Pawliczak R, Wieczfinska J Int J Mol Sci 21-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10056933
doi:10.3390/ijms24065906
PMID:36982980
Production performance of Giant African Land Snails (Archachatina marginata) at the Sudano-Guinean highland zone of Cameroon Tchowan GM, Zangho J, Kouam Kenmogne M, Ngoula F, Tchoumboué J Heliyon 28-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9768315
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11891
PMID:36568662
Tree diversity in a tropical agricultural-forest mosaic landscape in Honduras Ngo Bieng MA, Delgado-Rodríguez D, Vilchez-Mendoza S, López-Sampson A, García E, Sepúlveda N, Somarriba E Sci Rep 03-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9633691
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-21280-7
PMID:36329120
Medicinal Plants from Latin America with Wound Healing Activity: Ethnomedicine, Phytochemistry, Preclinical and Clinical Studies—A Review Salazar-Gómez A, Alonso-Castro AJ Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 31-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9505834
doi:10.3390/ph15091095
PMID:36145316
In vitro-derived plants grown from low nitrate medium produced quality tubers in Decalepis hamiltonii Wight & Arn Koppada U, Matam P, Parvatam G 3 Biotech 02-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9346028
doi:10.1007/s13205-022-03256-6
PMID:35935545
Detection and Identification of Novel Intracellular Bacteria Hosted in Strains CBS 648.67 and CFCC 80795 of Biocontrol Fungi Metarhizium Ying Y, Liu C, He R, Wang R, Qu L Microbes Environ 24-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9530730
doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME21059
PMID:35613876
Using Consensus Land Cover Data to Model Global Invasive Tree Species Distributions Zhang FX, Wang CJ, Wan JZ Plants (Basel) 04-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9003423
doi:10.3390/plants11070981
PMID:35406960
CAM photosynthesis: the acid test Winter K, Smith JA New Phytol 05-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC9298356
doi:10.1111/nph.17790
PMID:34637529
Skull Morphology, Bite Force, and Diet in Insectivorous Bats from Tropical Dry Forests in Colombia Ramírez-Fráncel LA, García-Herrera LV, Losada-Prado S, Reinoso-Flórez G, Lim BK, Sánchez F, Sánchez-Hernández A, Guevara G Biology (Basel) 09-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8533215
doi:10.3390/biology10101012
PMID:34681111
Volatile Organic Compounds in the Azteca/Cecropia Ant-Plant Symbiosis and the Role of Black Fungi Mayer VE, de Hoog S, Cristescu SM, Vera L, Prenafeta-Boldú FX J Fungi (Basel) 06-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8539435
doi:10.3390/jof7100836
PMID:34682257

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