Category Archives: Cecropiaceae
Deciduous Trees in the Tropics
A couple of years ago someone in a comment to my post on cecropias asked whether cecropia trees were deciduous or evergreen. I had mentioned that the leaves, being big, could become unsightly when many of them dropped from the … Continue reading
Posted in Botany, Cecropiaceae, Ecology, Malpighiaceae, Melastomataceae
Tagged deciduous, evergreen, leaf drop, neotropical savanna
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“Decapitated” Cecropia
Sometime within the past month I looked up at this young cecropia tree and thought – what happened to its crown? I started surveying the others in the area, and found this one is not unique. So what’s going on?
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My cecropia
As a group, cecropias (Cecropia spp.) are one of the most conspicuous genera of trees in the Neotropics….They are thin-boled, spindly trees with bamboolike rings surrounding a gray trunk. Their leaves are large, deeply lobed, and palmate, somewhat resembling a … Continue reading
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