Cecropia angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Urticaceae. It is a tree which ranges from Puebla and Oaxaca in southern Mexico through Central America to Venezuela and Bolivia in South America.
C. angustifolia grows 7âÂÂ15 meters tall, and flowers from January to April, as well as in July, September, November and December. It differs from other species of Cecropia in not having an ant mutualism on its stems.
It grows in lowland rain forest and in wet, pluvial, and cloud premontane to montane forests and montane oak forests, mainly in secondary forests, clearings, and at forest edges, from 465 to 2,400 meters elevation.
It is used as a street tree in a number of Colombian cities.