Cecropia peltata.
Botanical name:
Cecropia peltata Linn. Urticaceae. Indian Snakewood. Trumpet Tree.
American tropics. The young buds are eaten as a potherb.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
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