Cecropia palmata

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cecropia palmata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cecropia palmata, Willd. Fig. 848. A characteristic tree of the farther W. Indies (and planted somewhat in S. Fls.), with a single long weak thin trunk and at the top a few horizontal or deflexed awkward branches bearing at their ends large palmate lvs. with divisions like thumbs, the trunk and branches partitioned at the nodes: lvs. 7-11-lobed to the middle, white-tomentose beneath, the lobes oblong-obovate and blunt.—The tree attains a height of 50 ft.: wood soft; branches more or less hollow; grows rapidly, like an herb; often covering areas that have recently been burned over. L. H. B. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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