Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Wonderful Plants
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
644.66.01
644.66.01 Cecropia peltata
Names: yarumo, yagrumo, yagrumo hembra, female yagrumo.
English: Trumpet tree; Snakewood; Pumpwood.
Botany: 25 species; tropical Americas, formerly in Cecropiaceae or Moraceae; large, circular, palmately lobed leaves, about 30–40 cm in diameter and deeply divided into 7-11 lobes.
Culture: named after Cecrops I, the mythical first king of Athens.