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Cecropia longipes

Cecropia longipes
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0
Family
Urticaceae (Nettle family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
E. Panama to NW. Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cecropia longipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. It is a tree native to northwestern Colombia and eastern Panama, where it grows in lowland rain forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The tree is mostly wind-pollinated. Inflorescences are breeding sites for some species of flies and small beetles, which may also have a role in pollination. Seeds are dispersed by fruit-eating animals including opossums, toucans, bats, and

Other Cecropia plants

Cecropia angustifolia · Cecropia concolor · Cecropia maxima · Cecropia multiflora · Trumpet tree · Ambay Pumpwood · Cecropia pastasana · Pop A Gun · Pumpwood · Cecropia sciadophylla · Cecropia utcubambana · Cecropia velutinella

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cecropia longipes by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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