Cecropia obtusifolia

TaxID: 241855

Basic Information

Cecropia obtusifolia

Trumpet Tree, Trumpet tree

Cecropia obtusifolia is a species of plant in the family Urticaceae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico and Panama. Common Names include blunt-leaved trumpet tree, pop-a-gun, tree-of-laziness, and snakewood tree. In Central America it is known as Guarumo. Though impressive silhouetted against the sky, it is an invasive species in the islands of Hawaii. Cecropia obtusifolia is used in traditional Amerindian medicine. Many other species of the genus Cecropia share the folk reputation of curing heart failure, cough, asthma and bronchitis. Cecropia obtusifolia has vasorelaxant activity due possibly to inhibition of angiotensin.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Rosales

Urticaceae

Cecropia

obtusifolia

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Cecropia obtusifolia
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(c) Andy Jones@BY-NC
Cecropia obtusifolia
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(c) Reinaldo Aguilar@BY-NC-SA
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(c) Carlos Venegas-Elizondo@BY-NC
Cecropia obtusifolia
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(c) Roni Martinez@BY-NC
Cecropia obtusifolia
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(c) patriciasamperio@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
French Polynesia Absent —

Distribution (13 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
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Absent
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Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Belize Present —
Democratic Republic of the Congo Present —
Colombia Present —
Costa Rica Present —
Ecuador Present —
Guatemala Present —
Honduras Present —
Mexico Present —
Nicaragua Present —
Panama Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR10665891 young leaf adult - 13254999 Mexico: Morelos, Xochitepec
SRR10665890 young leaf adult - 16978590 Mexico: Morelos, Xochitepec
SRR10665889 young leaf adult - 9521690 Mexico: Morelos, Xochitepec

DNA Barcodes (7 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
MHPAD300-08 - matK 787 Costa Rica 2008-10-21 10.885, -85.255
MHPAD298-08 - rbcLa 520 Costa Rica 2008-10-21 10.885, -85.255
MHPAD297-08 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2008-10-21 10.885, -85.255
MHPAD2947-10 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2010-02-16 11.021, -85.413
MHPAD2946-10 - matK 787 Costa Rica 2010-02-16 11.021, -85.413
MHPAD2945-10 - rbcLa 552 Costa Rica 2010-02-16 11.021, -85.413
GBVL646-11 - matK 848 - - -

Literature