Though impressive silhouetted against the sky, it is an invasive species in the islands of hawaii. Common forest trees of hawaii, native and introduced. Media in category cecropia obtusifoliathe following 52 files are in this category, out of 52 total. Demography and allometry of cecropia obtusifolia, a neotropical pioneer tree an evaluation of the climaxpioneer paradigm for tropical rain forests. Eddmaps distribution this map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts, herbaria, and literature. Embauba cecropia palmata database file in the tropical. Phytochemical characterization and comparative studies of four. Demography and allometry of the dioecious tree cecropia. An cecropia in nahilalakip ha familia nga urticaceae. Its present format is that of a reprint version published by the college of tropical agriculture and human resources, university of. The cecropia species known from mainland costa rica are. Pdf chemical and pharmacological aspects of the genus cecropia. In 1759, linnaeus described cecropia peltata which he applied to many species. Common forest trees of hawaii native and introduced this information is from agriculture handbook no.
Cecropia obtusifolia bertol moraceae is a typical pioneer tree, very abundant in light gaps and young secondary vegetation in the lowland tropical rain forest of southeastern mexico, central america and northern south america. Plant species of the genus cecropia urticaceae are used as traditional medicine in latinamerica, and are commercially available as food supplements. It is found in colombia, costa rica, nicaragua, mexico and panama. The tree reaches 10 to 20 m in height and 25 to 50 cm d.
Cecropia obtusifolia has few major branch es and the young branches are very stout, minutely cinereous. In this study only 40% of the seeds reached the soil. Cecropia obtusifoliais a fastgrowing 2 to 3 m per year pioneer tree species. Isolation and identification of compounds from cecropia obtusifolia. Pdf seed dispersal of cecropia obtusifolia by two species of. Plant species of the genus cecropia urticaceae are used as traditional. Cecropia obtusifolia cecropiaceae is a species from tropical america and its leaves are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of diabetes and as an antiinflammatory agent. Cecropia obtusifolia trumpet tree, guarumo hawaiian. Raw data files acquired from the hplcqtofms analysis were processed with masslynx waters, milford, ma, usa. A pharmacological study of cecropia obtusifolia bertol. Convert and create pdf from various types of files like word doc, excel xls, powerpoint ppt. Embauba has a traditional use of aiding childbirth and to promote menstruation. Common names include trumpet tree, popagun, treeoflaziness, and snakewood tree. Pdf converter is a online webbased document to pdf converter software.
The trees of this species grow very quickly, up to 3 m per year gouey et al. This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from usda plants database. Cecropia obtusifolia information from common forest trees of hawaii view info about adobe acrobat pdf format. Cecropia peltata is the species most tolerant of dry conditions in costa rica. Phytochemical characterization and comparative studies of. Seed dispersal of cecropia obtusifolia by two species of opossums in the selva lacandona, chiapas, mexico. Pdf i collected 99 scats of philander opossum and 73 of didelphis marsupialis in the chajul region of the selva lacandona rain forest of chiapas. Cecropia obtusifolia cecropiaceae hear species info. View photographs and a description of the plant cecropia obtusifolia, commonly known as trumpet tree or guarumo. Cecropia obtusifolia is a species of plant in the family urticaceae. Cecropia is a neotropical genus consisting of 61 recognized species with a highly distinctive. Traditionally, 12 to 1 cup of a standard leaf infusion is taken two to three times daily. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page.
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