Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol. [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chancarro	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
guaramo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guarumbo	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guarumo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
trumpet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
trumpet tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
trumpet-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cecropia concolor Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 148 (1853), nom. illeg.
Cecropia mexicana Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 151 (1883).
Ambaiba commutata (Schott ex Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Ambaiba costaricensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 623 (1891).
Ambaiba hemsleyana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Ambaiba mexicana (Hemsl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Ambaiba obtusifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Ambaiba panamensis (Hemsl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 624 (1891).
Cecropia alvarezii Cuatrec. Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 6: 276 (1945).
Cecropia amphichlora Standl. & L.O.Williams Ceiba 3: 111 (1952).
Cecropia burriada Cuatrec. Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 6: 274 (1945).
Cecropia commutata Schott ex Miq. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(1): 148 (1853).
Cecropia dabeibana Cuatrec. Not. Fl. Colomb. 6: 41 (1944).
Cecropia levyana Aladar Richt. Biblioth. Bot. 43: 20 (1898).
Cecropia maxonii Pittier Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 228 (1917).
Cecropia mexicana f. glabrescens Donn.Sm. Enum. Pl. Guatem. 6: 45 (1903).
Cecropia mexicana var. macrostachya Donn.Sm. Bot. Gaz. 27: 442 (1899).
Cecropia obtusifolia subsp. burriada (Cuatrec.) C.C.Berg & P.Franco Fl. Ecuador 48(27A): 41 (1993).
Cecropia panamensis Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 151 (1883).
Cecropia radlkoferiana Aladar Richt. Bot. Centralbl. 51: 238 (1892).
Cecropia radlkoferiana Aladar Richt. Biblioth. Bot. 43: 17 (1898).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cecropia concolor Miq.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Cecropia mexicana Hemsl.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Cecropia mexicana Hemsley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cecropia obtusifolia	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cecropia obtusifolia Bertold	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

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