| Cecropia obtusifolia | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Cecropia |
| Species: | C. obtusifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol. |
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Cecropia obtusifolia is a species of plant in the Urticaceae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama. Common Names are trumpet tree or snakewood tree. In Central America it is known as Guarumo. Though impressive silhouetted against the sky, it is an invasive species to the islands of Hawaii.
Cecropia obtusifolia is used in traditional Amerindian medicine. Many other species of the genus Cecropia, share the folk reputation of curing heart failure, cough, asthma and bronchitis.Cecropia obtusifolia has vasorelaxant activity due possibly to inhibition of angiotensin [1]