Post by kedigato on May 1, 2009 2:35:38 GMT
Kathy, the owner of Crowley Nursery ( crowleynursery.net/Index.htm ), was kind enough to give me all this interesting information about this beautiful leaf.
Thank you Kathy.
CECROPIA PALMATA, CECROPIA PELTATA - TRUMPET TREE.
Common name
Trumpet tree, embauba, trompettier, snake wood, yagruma, bois cannon, yagrumo.
Family
Moraceae (Mulberry family).
Overview
Trumpet tree is a tropical, fast growing tree, with a tall ungainly
open habitat of growth, abundant in the tropical rainforest.
Cecropia consists of more than 100 species; C. Palmata and C. Peltata
are best known.
The hollow internods of the trees are infected by biting ants,
attracted by the milky latex.
Cecropia palmata is dioecious and has leaves that are deep divided
while peltata's leaves go only a third of the way in.
A slender trunk with smooth, gray bark, open branching and huge
palmate leaves. It has small inconspicuous flowers and 6' long
pencil-like seedpods.
There are numerous small seeds in the pods.
The latex of the cecropia leaves is used against warts, calluses and
venereal diseases.
The foliage of trumpet tree is evergreen, palmate; dark green above,
white beneath.
The Amerindians used a solution of the bark to capture wasps. They are
used in the ritual wasp-test when a boy becomes a man.
Suriname's traditional medicine
The leaves of both cecropia palmata and peltata are used against:
albumin in the urine and have a good effect on the urinary passages,
bladder and kidney disorders.
Tea made from the leaves is used as a cure for asthma.
Thank you Kathy.
CECROPIA PALMATA, CECROPIA PELTATA - TRUMPET TREE.
Common name
Trumpet tree, embauba, trompettier, snake wood, yagruma, bois cannon, yagrumo.
Family
Moraceae (Mulberry family).
Overview
Trumpet tree is a tropical, fast growing tree, with a tall ungainly
open habitat of growth, abundant in the tropical rainforest.
Cecropia consists of more than 100 species; C. Palmata and C. Peltata
are best known.
The hollow internods of the trees are infected by biting ants,
attracted by the milky latex.
Cecropia palmata is dioecious and has leaves that are deep divided
while peltata's leaves go only a third of the way in.
A slender trunk with smooth, gray bark, open branching and huge
palmate leaves. It has small inconspicuous flowers and 6' long
pencil-like seedpods.
There are numerous small seeds in the pods.
The latex of the cecropia leaves is used against warts, calluses and
venereal diseases.
The foliage of trumpet tree is evergreen, palmate; dark green above,
white beneath.
The Amerindians used a solution of the bark to capture wasps. They are
used in the ritual wasp-test when a boy becomes a man.
Suriname's traditional medicine
The leaves of both cecropia palmata and peltata are used against:
albumin in the urine and have a good effect on the urinary passages,
bladder and kidney disorders.
Tea made from the leaves is used as a cure for asthma.
