Tree Species (Scientific Name)
Trema sp.
Livestock Forage
Firewood
Lumber
Medicinal
Product
Peru Common Name
Sachahuasca
Tree Family
Cannabaceae
Average Leaf Size (cm)
9.34cm
Length
×
3.47cm
Width
Tree Height
Medium (20–35m)
Elevational Range (m)
0–2500m
0 3000
Distribution
Native
Exotic
Native to Peru

Native to

Region
Americas
Latin America
Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Coffee Agroforestry Information

Coffee System
Arabica
Coffee Impact
Beneficial to coffee
Prevalence
Common in Coffee Agroforestry
Cultivation
Planted
Natural
Tree Management
Unknown

Tree Benefits and Uses

Farmer Uses
  • Livestock Forage
  • Firewood
  • Lumber
  • Medicinal
  • Product
Used to make chairs, millers, in rural construction (beams), and poles. With the bark a type of paper, "amate", is made that can be used in place of the traditional paper extracted from Ficus sp.. The bark is fibrous and strong and is used to make ropes and twine, and pulp for paper. Used to treat measles.
Farm Services
  • Coffee Shade
  • Soil Improvement
Coffee Shade: provides sparse to medium shade
Biodiversity Benefits
Yes

It produces a large amount of fruits and seeds for species of fruit birds such as tanagers and elaenias mainly. It houses arthropods in leaves, flowers and bark, which serve as food for insectivorous birds such as vireos, greenlets, tyrants, tree-climbing species, and flycatchers.