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Cecropia polystachya (Trumpet tree; Pumpwood; Ameisenbaum; Faux-ricin; Pisse-roux; Yagrumo hembra)

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Invasive Species

View ISSG Record: Cecropia polystachya

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Late Winter
Drought Tolerance [1]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [1]  High
Frost Free Days [1]  1 year
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Summer
Growth Form [1]  Single Stem
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer, Fall
Growth Rate [1]  Rapid
Janka Hardness [3]  320 lbf (145 kgf) Very Soft
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [1]  20 inches (51 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [1]  High
Seeds Per [1]  1133998 / lb (2500039 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Specific Gravity [3]  0.352
Structure [2]  Tree
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Slow
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Green
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [1]  65 feet (19.8 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Moderate Acid
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Moderate
Screening - Summer [1]  Dense
Screening - Winter [1]  Porous

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Predators

Providers

Pollinated by 
Carollia perspicillata (Seba's short-tailed bat)[7]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 4Phenology, seed dispersal, and recruitment in Cecropia peltata (Moraceae) in Cost Rican tropical dry forest, Theodore H. Fleming and Charles F. Williams, Journal of Tropical Ecology (1990) 6:163-178
♦ 5Folivory in Fruit-Eating Bats, with New Evidence from Artibeus jamaicensis (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), Thomas H. Kunz and Carlos A. Diaz, Biotropica, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar., 1995), pp. 106-120
♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 7Animals of the Rainforest
♦ 8Seasonal variation in the diets of white-faced and bearded sakis (Pithecia pithecia and Chiropotes satanas) in Guri Lake, Venezuela, Marilyn A. Norconk, Adaptive Radiations of Neotropical Primates 1996, pp 403-423
♦ 9The Feeding Ecology of Tanagers and Honeycreepers in Trinidad, Barbara K. Snow and D. W. Snow, The Auk Vol. 88, No. 2 (Apr., 1971), pp. 291-322
♦ 10HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 11Behavior and diet of the Critically Endangered Eulemur cinereiceps in Manombo forest, southeast Madagascar, Fidimalala B. RalainasoloI, Jonah H. RatsimbazafyII and Nancy J. Stevens, MADAGASCAR CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT, VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1 — DECEMBER 2008, pp. 38 - 43
♦ 12Avian fruit preferences across a Puerto Rican forested landscape: pattern consistency and implications for seed removal, Tomás A. Carlo, Jaime A. Collazo and Martha J. Groom, Oecologia (2003) 134:119–131
♦ 13Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 14Phyllops falcatus, Valéria da Cunha Tavares, Carlos A. Mancina, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 811:1-7 (2008)
♦ 15Phyllostomus discolor, Gary G. Kwiecinski, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 801, pp. 1–11 (2006)
♦ 16HABITAT USE BY THE WHITE-FOOTED TAMARIN, SAGUINUS LEUCOPUS: A COMPARISON BETWEEN A FOREST-DWELLING GROUP AND AN URBAN GROUP IN MARIQUITA, COLOMBIA, Katja Poveda, Pedro Sánchez-Palomino, Neotropical Primates 12(1), April 2004, pp. 6-9
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0