Trumpet Tree (Cecropia peltata)

Family: Urticaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Found in South America, Cecropia peltata or otherwise known as Trumpet Tree is a fast-growing, evergreen tree with an open and thin crown. It reaches up to 20 m tall with trunk diameter of usually 10 - 30 cm. The fruit is eaten raw, with a sweet and jelly-like flesh.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Leaves, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet, jelly-like flesh. — The fruit is eaten raw, it has a sweet, jelly-like flesh.; The fleshy, finger-shaped fruit is 10 - 12cm long.; The young buds are occasionally eaten as a pot herb.; The report does not specify if it is the flower or the leaf buds.

Habitat & North American Range

Moist limestone, cleared land. Chiefly in pastures or second-growth, often in thickets or modified forest, at 900 metres or less. (Zone 9)