Urticaceae
Trumpet tree
Cecropia obtusifolia
- Family
- Urticaceae
- Genus
- Cecropia
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Trumpet tree
- nah
- Āzcacuahuitl
- Spanish
- Guaruma De Pava, Guarumo Blanco, Guarumo
Synonyms
- Ambaiba commutata (Schott ex Miq.) Kuntze
- Ambaiba costaricensis Kuntze
- Ambaiba hemsleyana Kuntze
- Ambaiba mexicana (Hemsl.) Kuntze
- Ambaiba obtusifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze
- Ambaiba panamensis (Hemsl.) Kuntze
- Cecropia alvarezii Cuatrec.
- Cecropia amphichlora Standl. & L.O.Williams
- Cecropia burriada Cuatrec.
- Cecropia commutata Schott ex Miq.
- Cecropia concolor Miq.
- Cecropia dabeibana Cuatrec.
- Cecropia levyana Aladar Richt.
- Cecropia maxonii Pittier
- Cecropia mexicana Hemsl.
- Cecropia mexicana f. glabrescens Donn.Sm.
- Cecropia mexicana var. macrostachya Donn.Sm.
- Cecropia obtusifolia subsp. burriada (Cuatrec.) C.C.Berg & P.Franco
- Cecropia panamensis Hemsl.
- Cecropia radlkoferiana Aladar Richt.
- Cecropia radlkoferiana Aladar Richt.
Flowers
- In flower
- January, March to April, July to August, November (from 21 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Drew Baxter, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nasua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nasua, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alberto Alcalá, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Riley Pollom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joan Simon from Barcelona, España, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.