Cecropia peltata aka Trumpet Tree

Cecropia peltata, commonly referred to as the trumpet tree, trumpet-bush, bacano, or snakewood, is a fast-growing, evergreen South American tree with an open and thin crown reaching up to 20 m tall with a trunk diameter of 10 – 30 cm. Its hollow branches and leaf petioles are cut and used as blow tubes or trumpets, while the inner bark of young branches is used for socks, ropes, and cordage and its leaves as a type of sandpaper. It’s sweet and jelly-like fruit can be eaten raw, and latex from the trunk is used to make a crude type of rubber. Medicinally, it is used against liver ailments, dropsy, hypertension, kidney infections, heart conditions, Bright's disease, back pain, ulcers, wounds, cuts, and asthma among others. As a houseplant , it needs regular watering, abundant sunlight , and should be less than 3 feet from a window. It is listed as one of the world's 100 worst invasive alien species.