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Urticaceae
Pumpwood
Cecropia schreberiana
Also known as Ambaiba schreberiana, Trumpet tree, Snakewood, Cecropia
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Pumpwood · Cecropia · Tropical Tree · Caribbean · Fast Growing · Wildlife Habitat · Medicinal · Tropical · Canopy · Urticaceae
Pumpwood is a fast-growing tropical tree native to the Caribbean islands, best suited for warm, humid outdoor climates in USDA zones 10-12. It prefers partial shade when young but tolerates more sun as it matures, and needs consistently moist, well-draining soil. In traditional Caribbean medicine, parts of this tree have been used for various remedies, and its hollow stems provide nesting habitat for wildlife.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged; reduce in cooler months · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 120 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.
- Attracts
- Birds, Bees
Sources: trefle
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