Everything about Cecropia totally explained
» This article is about the tropical plant. It is also an old name for the Acropolis, Athens. In North America, the moth species Hyalophora cecropia is known as a "Cecropia Moth".
Cecropia is a genus of about 25 species of
trees in the nettle family
Urticaceae. They are native to tropical
South and
Central America, where they form one of the most recognisable components of the
rainforest, easily identified by their large, circular palmately lobed
leaves about 30-40 cm diameter, deeply divided into 7-11 lobes.
In the past they were commonly classified in their own family (
Cecropiaceae) or in the mulberry family
Moraceae, but recent genetic evidence carried out by the
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown they're within the
Urticaceae.
Cecropia species are used as food plants by the
larvae of some
Lepidoptera species including
Hypercompe icasia.
The genus is named after King
Cecrops I, first King of
Athens.
Cecropia glazioui shows antidepressant-like activity in rats.
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