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Cecropia angustifolia is a fast-growing tree of the nettle family, native from southern Mexico through Central America to Venezuela and Bolivia, usually found in secondary forest, clearings and forest edges. It is grown mainly as a street or shade tree in parts of Colombia, and it is not a houseplant.
Cecropia angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. It is a tree which ranges from Puebla and Oaxaca in southern Mexico through Central America to Venezuela and Bolivia in South America.
C. angustifolia grows 7–15 meters tall, and flowers from January to April, as well as in July, September, November and December. It differs from other species of Cecropia in not having an ant mutualism on its stems.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cecropia angustifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
